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Treacherous Play

Autor Marcus Carter
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 31 ian 2022
The ethics and experience of "treacherous play" an exploration of three games that allow deception and betrayal--EVE Online, DayZ, and Survivor. Deception and betrayal in gameplay are generally considered off-limits, designed out of most multiplayer games. There are a few games, however, in which deception and betrayal are allowed, and even encouraged. In Treacherous Play, Marcus Carter explores the ethics and experience of playing such games, offering detailed explorations of three games in which this kind of "dark play" is both lawful and advantageous: EVE Online, DayZ, and the television series Survivor. Examining aspects of games that are often hidden, ignored, or designed away, Carter shows the appeal of playing treacherously. Carter looks at EVE Online's notorious scammers and spies, drawing on his own extensive studies of them, and describes how treacherous play makes EVE successful. Making a distinction between treacherous play and griefing or trolling, he examines the experiences of DayZ players to show how negative experiences can be positive in games, and a core part of their appeal. And he explains how in Survivor's tribal council votes, a player's acts of betrayal can exact a cost. Then, considering these games in terms of their design, he discusses how to design for treacherous play. Carter's account challenges the common assumptions that treacherous play is unethical, antisocial, and engaged in by bad people. He doesn't claim that more games should feature treachery, but that examining this kind of play sheds new light on what play can be.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780262046312
ISBN-10: 0262046318
Pagini: 160
Ilustrații: 5 black and white photos
Dimensiuni: 135 x 207 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.3 kg
Editura: MIT Press Ltd

Cuprins

On Thinking Playfully vii
1 An Introduction to Playing Treacherously 1
2 EVE Online: Don't Trust Anyone! 15
3 DayZ: Treachery in the Zombie Apocalypse 41
4 Survivor: Treacherous Play as a Spectator Sport 63
5 Designing Treacherous Play 87
6 Treacherous Assumptions 97
Appendix 107
Acknowledgments 111
Notes 113
Bibliography 125
Index 135

Notă biografică

Marcus Carter