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Gaming Masculinity : Trolls, Fake Geeks, and the Gendered Battle for Online Culture.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Fandom and Culture SeriesPublisher: Chicago : University of Iowa Press, 2018Copyright date: ©2018Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (100 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781609385668
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Gaming MasculinityDDC classification:
  • 794.8
LOC classification:
  • GV1469
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Gaming Masculinity -- Introduction: The Gamification of Gender -- Game Break. Bro's Law: Army of Two and the Perils of Parody in Gaming Culture -- 1. "Get Raped, F****t": Trolling as a Gendered Metagame -- Game Break. Far Cry 3: The Heart of Darkness -- 2. Sexy Sidekicks, Filthy Casuals, and Fake Geek Girls: Meme-ifying Gender in the Gaming Community -- Game Break. Hacks and Mods: Remaking the Classics -- 3. No Homosexuals in Star Wars? BioWare, Gamer Identity, and the Politics of Privilege in a Convergence Culture -- Game Break. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? BioShock Infinite and the Evolution of Hardcore Gaming Culture -- 4. From #GamerGate to Donald Trump: Toxic Masculinity and the Politics of the Alt-Right -- Epilogue: The Dating Game: Gender Performance and Gamification in the Real World -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.
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Intro -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Gaming Masculinity -- Introduction: The Gamification of Gender -- Game Break. Bro's Law: Army of Two and the Perils of Parody in Gaming Culture -- 1. "Get Raped, F****t": Trolling as a Gendered Metagame -- Game Break. Far Cry 3: The Heart of Darkness -- 2. Sexy Sidekicks, Filthy Casuals, and Fake Geek Girls: Meme-ifying Gender in the Gaming Community -- Game Break. Hacks and Mods: Remaking the Classics -- 3. No Homosexuals in Star Wars? BioWare, Gamer Identity, and the Politics of Privilege in a Convergence Culture -- Game Break. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? BioShock Infinite and the Evolution of Hardcore Gaming Culture -- 4. From #GamerGate to Donald Trump: Toxic Masculinity and the Politics of the Alt-Right -- Epilogue: The Dating Game: Gender Performance and Gamification in the Real World -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.

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