Depathologizing Addiction: Considerations of Hegemonic Masculinity in and Around Problematic Video Gaming

Gelūnas, Benediktas

doi:10.1177/10608265221130509

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Modding masculinities: Video game glitches and transcending gendered dress

Drak,

Barry

2023

Critical Studies in Men's Fashion

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Gaming avatars are often confined to a predetermined set of bodies, identities and clothing options that reinforce gender norms. In response, players have participated in modifying the existing bodies and clothing choices available for their avatars to represent their experiences. This article draws on concepts of the glitch and antigender fashion to engage in a textual analysis of The Sims 4. We explore how modifications for avatars’ appearance and clothing create spaces for players to transcend dominant notions of masculinity and produce a variety of gendered-dressed embodiments. Our analysis understands video games as atmospheres and modifications as glitches that expand the gendered possibilities within virtual worlds. However, the expansion of masculinities in The Sims 4 relies on the labour of players from marginalized communities and, as such, reaffirms gender power structures. Our article introduces video games as sites where players construct, negotiate and subvert dressed masculine embodiments.

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Modding masculinities: Video game glitches and transcending gendered dress

Drak,

Barry

2023

Critical Studies in Men's Fashion

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Dataspillere og maskulinitet – gamermaskulinitet som en hybridmaskulinitet?

Jørgensen,

Lindtner

2024

NMT

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Actor-Partner Interdependence Model for Esports Gaming Disorder of Same-sex Partners And Insecure Attachment: Mediating Effect of Fear of Missing out (Preprint)

Lyu¹,

2nd²,

3rd³

et al. 2023

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BACKGROUND As this paper analyzes the mechanism of effects imposed by esports gaming disorder of same-sex partners upon insecure attachment OBJECTIVE the mediating role of fear of missing out (FOMO) in the actor-partner interdependence model (APIM) is discussed in this paper METHODS For this study, altogether 806 valid samples are picked out in the first-tier and second-tier cities in three provinces across China for the survey and investigation RESULTS with results indicating that: esports gaming disorder is significantly and positively correlated to insecure attachment and FOMO; insecure attachment, whether for males or females, mostly originates from the own esports gaming disorder they suffer, and additionally, females are particularly afflicted by the esports gaming disorder that entangles the males. What’s more, FOMO acts as the mediating variable that significantly predicts the insecure attachment of the females CONCLUSIONS In this paper, both theoretical references and model inspirations are provided for subsequent researches on the homosexual group, laying profound significance in understandings of relationships between esports gaming disorder of homosexuals and insure attachment.

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Depathologizing Addiction: Considerations of Hegemonic Masculinity in and Around Problematic Video Gaming

Cited by 3 publications

References 41 publications

Modding masculinities: Video game glitches and transcending gendered dress

Modding masculinities: Video game glitches and transcending gendered dress

Dataspillere og maskulinitet – gamermaskulinitet som en hybridmaskulinitet?

Actor-Partner Interdependence Model for Esports Gaming Disorder of Same-sex Partners And Insecure Attachment: Mediating Effect of Fear of Missing out (Preprint)

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