Gaming as Culture

Essays on Reality, Identity and Experience in Fantasy Games

By: J. Patrick Williams (Editor), Sean Q. Hendricks (Editor), W. Keith Winkler (Editor)

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Since tabletop fantasy role-playing games emerged in the 1970s, fantasy gaming has made a unique contribution to popular culture and perceptions of social realities in America and around the world. This contribution is increasingly apparent as the gaming industry has diversified with the addition of collectible strategy games and other innovative products, as well as the recent advancements in videogame technology.

This book presents the most current research in fantasy games and examines the cultural and constructionist dimensions of fantasy gaming as a leisure activity. Each chapter investigates some social or behavioral aspect of fantasy gaming and provides insight into the cultural, linguistic, sociological, and psychological impact of games on both the individual and society. Section I discusses the intersection of fantasy and real-world scenarios and how the construction of a fantasy world is dialectically related to the construction of a gamer''s social reality. Because the basic premise of fantasy gaming is the assumption of virtual identities, Section II looks at the relationship between gaming and various aspects of identity. The third and final section examines what the personal experiences of gamers can tell us about how humans experience reality.

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"perfect...studious and detailed"-Midwest Book Review; "impressive...superb...insightful perspectives"-Journal of Popular Culture; "this book presents the most current research in fantasy games"-New Books in the Communications Library.

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Non-Fiction Society & Culture Cultural Studies Popular Culture Hobbies, Games & Puzzles Hobbies Role-playing, War Games & Fantasy Sports Computing & I.T.Digital Lifestyle & Online World: Consumer & User Guides Computer Games & Online Games Strategy Guides Sociology & Anthropology Anthropology

Social & Cultural Anthropology, Ethnography

Introduction : fantasy games, gaming cultures, and social life	p. 1
The role-playing game and the game of role-playing : the Ludic self and everyday life	p. 19
Incorporative discourse strategies in tabletop fantasy role-playing gaming	p. 39
Social events and roles in magic : a semiotic analysis	p. 57
Consumption and authenticity in the collectible strategy games subculture	p. 77
Desktop conquistadors : negotiating American manhood in the digital fantasy role-playing game	p. 100
Playing with identity : unconscious desire and role-playing games	p. 120
The business and the culture of gaming	p. 140
Online gaming and the interactional self : identity interplay in situated practice	p. 154
Invoking the avatar : gaming skills as cultural and out-of-game capital	p. 175
Vicarious experience : staying there connected with and through our own and other characters	p. 196
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Gaming as Culture

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