Sensing game play. Exploring computer game play in a game caf&amp;#x00E9; and a mass LAN party

Jonsson, Fatima; Verhagen, Harko

doi:10.1109/cgames.2011.6000328

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“…We found that outside these events, many gamers follow healthier choices or the diets of their families. Our observations partly support those of Cronin and McCarthy (2011a, 2011b, 2012), Jonsson and Verhagen (2011a, 2011b), and Law (2020). We also complement Law's (2020) work on food consumption at video gaming events by extracting Warde's (1997) antinomies from the ethnographical material, and by extending the empirical scope from LAN parties to the everyday life of gamers.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

“…As regards the antinomy of Convenience and Care, gamer research highlights that together with Economy, Convenience drives gamers’ eating habits and choices toward fast foods. At gaming events, eating should be efficient (Cronin & McCarthy, 2011a, 2011b; Jonsson & Verhagen, 2011a, 2011b; Law, 2020; Simon, 2007) and the food should neither stain equipment nor hinder the usage of gaming apparatuses (Cronin & McCarthy, 2011b, 2012; Jonsson & Verhagen, 2011a). This seems especially relevant for players who seek to immerse themselves in the game (Luomala et al, 2017).…”

Section: Delving Into the Hegemonic Narrative: The Junk Food Gamermentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The Tradition and Novelty antinomy in turn unanimously leans toward Tradition. As noted above, the Community of gamers draws on informal social norms and habits formed by shared Traditions that prescribe certain kinds of food choices and preferences (Cronin & McCarthy, 2011a, 2011b, 2012; Jonsson & Verhagen, 2011a, 2011b; Law, 2020). This shows, for example, how gaming events are categorized: as special leisure-time parties that require a hedonistic approach in all respects (Cronin & McCarthy, 2011a, 2011b).…”

Section: Delving Into the Hegemonic Narrative: The Junk Food Gamermentioning

confidence: 99%

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Geek Cuisine: Extending the Narrative of a Junk Food Gamer

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In this article, we argue that the pervading hegemonic narrative on gamers’ eating culture emphasizing hedonistic and fast foods is a one-sided storyline that highlights a potentially harmful gamer stereotype. To that end, we reveal the variety of gamers’ food consumption and broaden the narrative depicting the relationship between gamers and eating. Our literature review shows the dominance of the Junk Food Gamer narrative in extant research. However, by using a social constructionist narrative approach to analyze ethnographic observations and interviews, we show the emergence of an alternative, yet interrelated narrative: the Home Food Gamer. In addition, we utilize the idea of the Rubik's Cube to illustrate the actualization of multifaceted and contextually-bound gamer narratives that enable expanding the prevailing understanding of geek cuisine by shedding light on the variety of gamers’ food consumption. In this way, we participate in the ongoing discussion to unravel stereotypical assumptions about gamer culture.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

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“…However, in this article, rather than attempting to examine how digital technologies can be used in tabletop gaming, we have sought to understand the continuing appeal of W40K in the face of the burgeoning array of digital games competing for players’ attention and time. We are also interested in understanding how the tournament setting changes the way W40K is experienced and how this echoes the findings of other studies on large gaming-based social events such as “LAN parties” (Jansz & Martens, 2005; Jonsson, 2011 Jörissen, 2004; Simon, 2007; Taylor, 2012; Taylor & Witkowski, 2010; Witkowski, 2012).…”

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Drafting an Army

2014

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Multiple recent works have emphasized the contribution that nondigital game scholarship can make to the study of games and gameplay. Warhammer 40,000 is the market dominator of the nondigital tabletop wargame genre. In this article, we perform a ludological analysis of the process of preparing, or drafting, an army for a competitive Warhammer 40,000 tournament. We find that there are four interrelated categories of resources that influence this fundamentally playful process. Our results indicate that this process of preparation constitutes a core component of the appeal of Warhammer 40,000. This emphasizes the importance of understanding the diverse activities that go into gameplay that often exceed the computer game ''client'' or board of play. We suggest the category of engagement pastime to encapsulate these extended, ongoing elements of Warhammer 40,000's appeal, which we define as a collection of interlinked and associated activities that serve to occupy one's time and thoughts pleasantly.

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“…This means that LAN participants characteristically work together for a common purpose and the dynamics of the environment can be described as collaborative and harmonious. In these usually male‐dominant environments, gamers have been found to binge on energy‐dense low‐nutrient food and sugared or caffeinated drinks over prolonged stretches of time in the production of playful carnivalesque experiences (Jonsson and Verhagen ). The excesses both in the amount of time devoted to the LAN and in the junk foods consumed is made clear by Green and Guinery (: 1) who describe organised LANs as ‘round the clock 26‐hour techno‐fests fuelled by full‐sugar coke and cold fast food runs’.…”

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Creeping edgework: carnivalesque consumption and the social experience of health risk

Cronin

McCarthy

Collins

2014

Sociology Health & Illness

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This article contributes to an understanding of voluntary health risk based on the regular, excessive intake of food and alcohol in the micro-cultural setting. By drawing on and extending edgework theory our aim is to conceptualise the riskiness of carnivalesque consumption as a medium for expression and performance in two separate community contexts. Using ethnographic research methods, we explore the consumption of calorie-dense, low nutrient food for gamers and the use of alcohol for hipsters. Our findings are reported over four key themes. The first and last consider how carnivalesque consumption provides sensations for multi-sensory loss of self and a shared emancipation from day-to-day moderation. The second and third explore how community members prepare and exercise control over their consumption to manage risks related to an 'immediate edge'. We discuss how carnivalesque behaviour, when ritualised, establishes a trajectory that creeps towards a more 'distant edge' characterised by longer term health consequences. We argue that the transcendental experiences that are part and parcel of edgework can be enacted by products that are traditionally conceptualised as mundane and that the risks of consuming them are largely accumulative rather than instantaneous. Implications for health interventions are included.

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Sensing game play. Exploring computer game play in a game café and a mass LAN party

Cited by 5 publications

References 14 publications

Geek Cuisine: Extending the Narrative of a Junk Food Gamer

Geek Cuisine: Extending the Narrative of a Junk Food Gamer

Drafting an Army

Creeping edgework: carnivalesque consumption and the social experience of health risk

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