Rated M for mature : sex and sexuality in video games / edited by Matthew Wysocki and Evan W. Lauteria.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wysocki, Matthew, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex.

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (283 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The word sex has many implications when it is used in connection with video games. As game studies scholars have argued, games are player-driven experiences. Players must participate in processes of play to move the game forward. The addition of content that incorporates sex and/or sexuality adds complexity that other media do not share. Rated M for Mature further develops our understanding of the practices and activities of video games, specifically focusing on the intersection of games with sexual content. From the supposed scandal of "Hot Coffee" to the emergence of same-sex romance options in RPGs, the collection explores the concepts of sex and sexuality in the area of video games

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Notes on the Contributors

Introduction

Evan W. Lauteria (University of California, Davis, USA) and Matthew Wysocki (Flagler College, USA)

The (R)Evolution of Video Games and Sex

Intergenerational Tensions: Of Sex and the Hardware Cycle.

Rob Gallagher (King's College London, UK)

Beyond Rapelay: Self-regulation in the Japanese Erotic Video Game Industry

Jérémie Pelletier-Gagnon (University of Alberta, Canada), and Martin Picard (University of Montreal, Canada)

Assuring Quality: Early-1990s Nintendo Censorship and the Regulation of Queer Sexuality and Gender

Evan W. Lauteria (University of California, Davis, USA)

The Newest Significant Medium: Brown v. EMA and the 21st Century Status of Video Game Regulation

Zach Saltz (University of Kansas, USA)

Explicit Sexual Content in Early Console Video Games

Dan Mills (Georgia Highlands College, USA)

Video Games and Sexual (Dis)Embodiment

The Strange Case of the Misappearance of Sex in Videogames

Tanya Krzywinska (Falmouth University, UK).

Let's Play Master and Servant: BDSM and Directed Freedom in Game Design

Victor Navarro-Remesal (Centre d´Ensenyament Superior Alberta Giménez, Spain), and Shaila García-Catalán (Universitat Jaume I de Castelló, Spain)

Countergaming's Porn Parodies, Hard Core and Soft

Diana Pozo (University of California, Santa Barbara, USA)

Casual Sex: Sex as Currency Within Video Games

Casey Hart (Stephen F. Austin State University, USA)

"Embraced Eternity" Lately? Mislabeling and Subversion of Sexuality Labels through the Asari in the Mass Effect Trilogy.

Summer Glassie (Old Dominion University, USA)

Systems

Spaces of Sexual (Im)Possibilities

Playing for Intimacy: Love, Lust, and Desire in the Pursuit of Embodied Design.

Aaron Trammell (Rutgers University, USA), and Emma Leigh Waldron (Rutgers University, USA)

It's Not Just the Coffee That's Hot: Modding Sexual Content in Video Games

Matthew Wysocki (Flagler College, USA)

"Death by Scissors": Gay Fighter Supreme and the Sexuality That Isn't Sexual

Bridget Kies (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA)

Iterative Romance and Button-Mashing Sex: Gameplay Design and Video Games' Nice Guy Syndrome

Nicholas Ware (University of Central Florida, USA)

Climbing the Heterosexual Maze: Catherine and Queering Spatiality in Gaming

Jordan Youngblood (University of Florida, USA)

Assessing Player-Connected Versus Player-Disconnected Sex Acts in Video Games

Brent Kice (Frostburg State University, USA)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781628925753

1628925752

9781501304910

1501304917

9781628925746

1628925744

OCLC:

919495851