02326nam a2200373 i 4500001001600000003000700016005001700023006001900040007001500059008004100074020002600115020003000141040002900171050002800200082001400228100003500242245010900277264005200386300005800438336002600496337002600522338003600548490008500584500007300669506002300742520088200765650004001647650003301687650002901720650003901749776003501788830008701823856004201910CR9781108873079UkCbUP20250826121418.0m|||||o||d||||||||cr||||||||||||191004s2020||||enk     o     ||1 0|eng|d  a9781108873079 (ebook)  z9781108819435 (paperback)  aUkCbUPbengerdacUkCbUP 4aGV1469.34.P79bB37 202004a794.82231 aBareither, Christoph,eauthor.10aPlayful virtual violence :ban ethnography of emotional practices in video games /cChristoph Bareither. 1aCambridge :bCambridge University Press,c2020.  a1 online resource (65 pages) :bdigital, PDF file(s).  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aCambridge elements. Elements in histories of emotions and the senses,x2632-1068  aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 13 Oct 2020).  aOpen Access title.  aViolence in video games has been a controversial object of public discourse for several decades. The question of what kind of emotional experiences players enact when playing with representations of physical violence in games has been largely ignored however. Building upon an extensive ethnographic study of players' emotional practices in video games, including participant observation in online games, qualitative interviews, an analysis of YouTube videos and gaming magazines since the 1980s, this Element provides new insights into the complexity and diversity of player experiences and the pleasures of playful virtual violence. Instead of either defending or condemning the players, it contributes foundational, unprejudiced knowledge for a societal and academic debate on a critical aspect of video gaming. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core. 0aVideo gamesxPsychological aspects. 0aVideo gamesxSocial aspects. 0aViolence in video games. 0aEmotionsxAnthropological aspects.08iPrint version: z9781108819435 0aCambridge elements.pElements in histories of emotions and the senses,x2632-1068.40uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/9781108873079