1st Edition
The Culture of Digital Fighting Games Performance and Practice
By Todd Harper
Copyright 2014
158 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
172 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book examines the complex network of influences that collide in the culture of digital fighting games. Players from all over the world engage in competitive combat with one another, forming communities in both real and virtual spaces, attending tournaments and battling online via internet-connected home game consoles. But what is the logic behind their shared playstyle and culture? What are... Read more
1. Introduction 2. The Arcade Ideal 3. Play Practice 4. Playing Together, Online and Off 5. Online Fighting Game Communities 6. "Asian Hands" and Women’s Invitationals 7. Defining the Game and Defining the Self
Biography
Todd Harper is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's MIT Game Lab, US
