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Esport Play: Anticipation, Attachment, and Addiction in Psycholudic Development

Autor Veli-Matti Karhulahti
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 8 iul 2020
Weaving the author's own lived experience with theoretical insights from the fields of game studies, psychology, and anthropology, Esport Play probes and advances current gaming topics such as addiction, skill development, and toxicity. With a focus on League of Legends - one of the flagship esports of our time - Karhulahti explicates what esport play is: documenting and identifying competitive play as a present-day means to satisfy basic human needs. Ultimately, the book presents a theory of psycholudic development that explains and organizes the development of player-play relationships that may last for years.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781501359347
ISBN-10: 1501359347
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: 12 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Provides a comprehensive study on League of Legends, arguably the largest and most influential of contemporary esports that still lacks an in-depth scientific scrutiny

Notă biografică

Veli-Matti Karhulahti works in Finland as a Senior Researcher at University of Jyväskylä and as an Adjunct Professor at University of Turku. He has researched gaming, health, and the human mind in places such as Yonsei University (Korea), IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA). Karhulahti's interdisciplinary research has been published in leading journals of diverse fields from culture and game studies to health and psychological sciences. He is an active participant in metascientific development.

Cuprins

Preface1. Noob2. Uncarriable3. Boosted Animal4. Ludonarcotic Junkie5. Today We Die a Little6. 7. Theory of Psycholudic Development EpilogueReferencesGlossaryIndex

Recenzii

Esports has gone from a curiosity to global spectacle. Matti Karhulahti compiles everything you'd want to know about the about the psychology of esports under one cover. A must-read for those interested in esports.
If League of Legends is such a toxic game space, why is it so popular? Finally, a book that makes real progress in answering this question. Karhulahti's deep dive into playing League, coupled with traditional and new theoretical approaches to understanding digital games gives us a fresh view into understanding why people play (and enjoy!) this game. If you want to better understand the appeal of MOBAs and esports, read this book.