EA sports FIFA feeling the game / edited by Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood, and Carlin Wing.

Other author Guins, Raiford.
Other author Lowood, Henry.
Other author Wing, Carlin.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2022.
Descriptionxv, 285 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
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Contents Warm-up : "football is life" / John Markoff -- Pre-game / Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood, and Carlin Wing -- Ritualized exclusion, limited inclusion : virtual representations of women's football / Michael Pennington -- Fine-tuning feel / Carlin Wing -- Avatar bodies that matter : the work of "realism" in gendered representation / Mel Stanfill and Anastasia Salter -- Microtransaction politics in FIFA Ultimate Team : game fans, twitch streamers, and electronic arts / Piotr Siuda & Mark R. Johnson -- "Where there is smoke, there is fire ..." : the FIFA engine and its discontents / Henry Lowood -- What is FUT? / Abe Stein -- Playing with oneself : six notes on fantasies and frustrations of famous footballers / Ranjodh Singh Dhaliwal -- Under control : the experience of progressive play in the management simulations of EA's FIFA series / Matt Bouchard -- "Let's take a FIFA!" : football and the free-time practices of at-risk youth under remand / Emma Witkowski & Rune K.L. Nielsen -- Playing to win / Christopher A. Paul -- Playing games with my feelings or, musings on Leeds United Football Club's FIFA 20 Decides! / Raiford Guins -- Post-game analysis / Mia Consalvo.
Abstract "Covers the political, social, cultural, economic, and technological implications that EA's FIFA has in the shaping of the modern culture of football"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2022005409
ISBN9781501375347 (hardback)
ISBN9781501375385 (paperback)
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