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Woodcock, Matthew

doi:10.1007/978-1-137-04529-4

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“…WoW 2 is a massive multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) that is comprised of enormous digital worlds in which players virtually participate (Nardi & Harris, 2006, p. 1). Published by Blizzard Entertainment, WoW had approximately 10 million users at the beginning of 2008 and is one of the most popular subscription-based MMORPG (Woodcock, 2008). Considering this high volume of players, much of the general communication that occurs between individuals, via general chat boxes, is text based.…”

Section: Wowmentioning

confidence: 99%

Confronting Heteronormativity in Online Games

Pulos

2013

Games and Culture

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In 2008, ten million people were playing the massive multiplayer role-playing game World of Warcraft (WoW); a fantasy-based virtual landscape where players bridge real-life personas with digital identity. However, the construction of sexuality within this gaming environment has created an oppressive atmosphere for individuals who do not adhere to a heteronormative lifestyle. In this essay, I undress the bottom-up and top-down structures that are regulating an environment that has no use for a constructed sexual binary and yet has one strictly imbedded in it. This analysis utilizes discourse analysis to analyze 400 messages posted to a WoW discussion board regarding the topic of “LGBTQ players and the WOW Community” in order to queer the sexuality presented in this space. This essay is further supplemented with my own experience playing the game and with an analysis of the games structural elements.

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Section: Wowmentioning

confidence: 99%