{"product_id":"playful-virtual-violence-christoph-bareither-9781108819435","title":"Playful Virtual Violence: An Ethnography of Emotional Practices in Video Games","description":"Violence in video games has been a controversial object of public discourse for several decades. The question of what kind of emotional experiences players enact when playing with representations of physical violence in games has been largely ignored however. Building upon an extensive ethnographic study of players' emotional practices in video games, including participant observation in online games, qualitative interviews, an analysis of YouTube videos and gaming magazines since the 1980s, this Element provides new insights into the complexity and diversity of player experiences and the pleasures of playful virtual violence. Instead of either defending or condemning the players, it contributes foundational, unprejudiced knowledge for a societal and academic debate on a critical aspect of video gaming. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christoph Bareither\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1108819435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781108819435\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cambridge University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/29\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Christoph Bareither","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43943645774079,"sku":"9781108819435","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_516e8a32-3d9b-4a4e-a066-fa51c5dcf15b.jpg?v=1681499260","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/playful-virtual-violence-christoph-bareither-9781108819435","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}