Despite attempts to expand games beyond their conventional audience of young men, the physical contexts of game play and production remain off-limits and unsafe for so many. Nicholas Taylor explores the physical places where games are played and how they contribute to the persistence of gaming's problematic politics.
Despite attempts to expand games beyond their conventional audience of young men, the physical contexts of game play and production remain off-limits and unsafe for so many. Nicholas Taylor explores the physical places where games are played and how they contribute to the persistence of gaming's problematic politics.
Nicholas Taylor is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada. He is editor with Gerald Voorhees of Masculinities in Play and editor with Chris Ingraham of LEGOfied: Building Blocks as Media.
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Acknowledgments Introduction: Men, Place, and Games 1. Frames: Extractive Logics in Play 2. Circles: It All Starts at Home 3. Grids: LAN Parties and the Infrastructural Grounds of Gaming 4. Platforms: Making Space for Collegiate Esports 5. Pockets: Practicing Safe Storage at Games Industry Conventions Conclusion: Boundaries, (Re)taking the Field Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Introduction: Men, Place, and Games 1. Frames: Extractive Logics in Play 2. Circles: It All Starts at Home 3. Grids: LAN Parties and the Infrastructural Grounds of Gaming 4. Platforms: Making Space for Collegiate Esports 5. Pockets: Practicing Safe Storage at Games Industry Conventions Conclusion: Boundaries, (Re)taking the Field Bibliography Index
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