Bibliograph

Cheating, gaining advantage in videogames, Mia Consalvo

Type

Label

Cheating, gaining advantage in videogames, Mia Consalvo

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Cheating

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

71809978

Responsibility statement

Mia Consalvo

Sub title

gaining advantage in videogames

Summary

"In Cheating, Mia Consalvo investigates how players choose to play games and what happens when they can't always play the way they'd like. She explores a broad range of player behavior, including cheating (alone and in groups); examines the varying ways that players and industry define cheating; describes how the game industry itself has helped systematize cheating; and studies online cheating in context in an online ethnography of Final Fantasy XI."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

Introduction : To cheat or not to cheat : is that even the question? -- pt. 1. A cultural history of cheating in games. -- Creating the market : Easter eggs and secret agents -- Guidance goes independent : the rise of the strategy guide publishers -- Genies, sharks and chips : the technological side to cheating -- pt. 2. Game players. -- Gaining advantage : how videogame players define and negotiate cheating -- The cheaters -- Busting punks and policing players : the anti-cheating industry -- A mage's chronicle : cheating and life in Vana'diel -- pt. 3. Capital and game ethics. -- Capitalizing on paratexts : gameplay, ethics, and everyday life

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