Video games have entered the cultural mainstream and now rival established forms of entertainment such as film or television in terms of economic profits. As careers in video game development become more common, so do the stories about precarious working conditions and structural inequalities within the industry. In Game Production Studies, an international group of researchers...
Video games have entered the cultural mainstream and now rival established forms of entertainment such as film or television in terms of economic profits. As careers in video game development become more common, so do the stories about precarious working conditions and structural inequalities within the industry. In Game Production Studies, an international group of researchers takes a closer look at the everyday realities of video game production, ranging from commercial studios to independent creators. Across sixteen chapters, the authors deal with issues related to labour, production routines, or monetization, as well as local specificities. As the first edited collection dedicated solely to video game production, this volume provides a timely resource for anyone interested in how games are made and at what cost.
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The flexibility of cultural work, the dream of designing a website on a laptop at the beach, easily shifts from ‘you can work any time’ to ‘you should always be working’. (查看原文)
Snape et al. (2017) maintain that reorienting leisure away from its secondary, moderating function of priming the working class for the rhythms of industrial work, and towards human flourishing and social wellbeing is a utopian vision. However, they affirm that articulation of new constructs and imagined communities is needed for theorizing work and leisure for a changed world. Gesturing towards this utopian potential, Rojek (2009) emphasizes that leisure is inherently paradoxical. On the one hand, leisure is the primary normative institution in society, reproducing structural conditions of community, race, ethnicity, and nation. On the other hand, leisure is organized around some degree of freedom and free time, allowing individuals and groups to engage in actions and explore social relat... (查看原文)
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良莠不齐的文章，收获不是很多。主要讲了独立工作室之间互助的生态群、unity等免费平台的模式、发行商对游戏开发的策略，还有中国游戏产业的发展简史。总的来说不够深入。
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总体在线的论文集子。
0 有用 幸福的两脚羊 2024-06-24 16:20:10 广西
良莠不齐的文章，收获不是很多。主要讲了独立工作室之间互助的生态群、unity等免费平台的模式、发行商对游戏开发的策略，还有中国游戏产业的发展简史。总的来说不够深入。
0 有用 西多士 2021-04-18 11:17:27
总体在线的论文集子。