The Bloomsbury handbook of sex and sexuality in game studies / edited by Matthew Wysocki and Steffi Shook.
| Other author | Wysocki, Matthew (Matthew Donald |
| Other author | Shook, Steffi |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2025. |
| Description | ix, 377 pages illustrations 26 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Portion of title | Handbook of sex and sexuality in game studies |
| Physical medium | illustrations |
| Series | Bloomsbury handbooks |
| Contents | Button mashing : introduction to The Bloomsbury handbook on sex and sexuality in video games / Matthew Wysocki and Steffi Shook -- Now you're playing with polyamory : ludonarrative resonance and intentional non-monogamy in games as queer play / Nathan Rambukkana and Meghan Adams -- A question of breeding : reproduction, evolution, and heredity in video games / Rob Gallagher -- Streaming, play, and sexuality / Ashley ML Guajardo -- I don't care who you are, as long as you love me : playersexuality in video games / Alayna Cole -- Castlevania : monstrously queer / AJ Castle -- "He was my favorite" : Sander Cohen as queer stereotype in BioShock / Galen David Bunting -- Bisexual representation in games : erasure, stereotypes, and independent game development/ Steffi Shook -- Digital submission : playfulness and performance in BDSM and VR game dominatrix simulator / Agata Waszkiewicz and Victor Navarro-Remesal -- Press X for lust : sex as reward in games / Renata E. Ntelia -- Playing with oneself : the space of fantasy in virtual sex simulators / Filip Andjelkovic -- Flagging Iono : the hanky code, material-semiotics, and reading gender too closely / Michael Anthony DeAnda -- Modding, pleasure, and the female gaze : how women-created mods challenge in-game portrayals of sexuality and sex / Finja Walsdorff -- Tame, suggestive, and lewd : early erotic play encoded in Lleather goddesses of Phobos / Anastasia Salter -- The limits of queer choices : the neoliberal logic and gameplay mechanics of mass effect / Tyler Quick -- Plow her well. Show her you're a man" : language, sex, and heteronormativity from a diachronic perspective in the Witcher video game series / Frazer Heritage -- I could make you care : longing, frustration, and player sexuality in Fallout / J. Burbage -- "Let's see how special you are" : The "complicated women" of Resident Evil Village / Marc Ouellette -- An unknown sex game : navigating challenges in game studies / Mayara Araujo Caetano -- Libidinal politics of games : mass effect suggestive sex and hardcore porn / Leandro Augusto Borges Lima -- Input/output : mapping sex and sexuality in AAA video game playspaces through the Metal gear solid series / Christopher McMahon -- Hobbyist methodology for history and creation : studying 80s microcomputer pornography / Charlotte Courtois -- Digital games and sexual health / Nina Kiel -- Deplatforming digital sex : self-governing sex in video games / Jean Ketterling -- Pushing digital boundaries : exploring sex and love in video games / Christine Tomlinson -- Drawing queer intersections through video game archives / Cody Mejeur and Xavier Ho. |
| Abstract | "This collection of essays review and supplement current work focusing on sex and sexuality in games. The chapters provide insight into sexual content in games, representation of various sexualities, and player experience. Together they contribute to a growing field of work concerning two, difficult to define, phenomena: the borders of sex and sexuality and video games. As we frequently see debates and discussions over who gets to love whom and who gets to exist in their true self, this handbook plays a part in outlining the parameters of crucial issues within the games that we play"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024026840 |
| ISBN | 9781501394010 hardback |
| ISBN | 9781501394058 paperback |
| ISBN | ebook |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |