Circles, Charmed and Magic

Queering Game Studies

Bibliographic Data

ID13086459
AuthorsAdrienne Shaw (0000-0001-5526-1839, corresponding author)
Year2015
Volume2
Issue2
Pages64-97
Publication date2015-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueQED A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2327-1574 • E-ISSN: 2327-1590
PublisherMichigan State University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.14321/qed.2.2.0064
OpenAlexW762180183
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited35

Queer game content, players, and creators have been the focus of increasing academic attention over the past ten years. Queer theory, however, offers more to game studies than subject matter. Queer theory allows us to question the underlying assumptions of how games are studied. Moreover, games allow queer theorists to engage with the myriad ways in which subject positions are experienced and normative behaviors are codified. Bringing the two together, this article focuses on the so-called sad, solitary gamer as a key site for queer game studies to interrogate which forms of play are deemed valuable and which lie outside the charmed and magic circle of play

Astronomy · Epistemology · Game studies · MAGIC (telescope · Media studies · Normative · Pedagogy · Physics · Queer · Queer theory · Sociology · Subject (documents · Subject matter · World Wide Web · Cinema and Media Studies · Computer Science · Digital Games and Media · Gender Studies · Philosophy · Sports, Gender, and Society

Tools

Open DOISci-Hub