Players unleashed modding the sims and the culture of gaming

It has been ten years since video game giant Electronic Arts first releasedThe Sims, the best-selling game that allows its players to create a household and then manage every aspect of daily life within it. And since its debut, gamers young and old have found ways to "mod"The Sims, a pract...

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Main Author: Sihvonen, Tanja
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2011
Edition:1
Series:MediaMatters
Subjects:
Art & Art History
Computer games
Computer games > Design
Computer games > Programming
digital culture
digitale cultuur
Film Studies
game studies
Gameplay
gaming
media studies
Mod (video gaming)
modding
Player character
Simlife (Game)
Sims
The Sims
Video games
ISBN:9048511984, 9789089642011, 9089642013, 9789048511983
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Table of Contents:
  • Players unleashed!: modding the sims and the culture of gaming -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- I. Unleashing Players -- II. Cultural and Commerical Appropriation -- III. Dynamics of Modding -- IV. Negotiating the Code -- V. Extending the Game -- Conclusion -- References -- Notes -- Index.
  • Front Matter Table of Contents PREFACE I: UNLEASHING PLAYERS II: CULTURAL AND COMMERCIAL APPROPRIATION III: DYNAMICS OF MODDING IV: NEGOTIATING THE CODE V: EXTENDING THE GAME CONCLUSION REFERENCES NOTES INDEX Back Matter
  • Intro -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- I. Unleashing Players -- Game and its modification -- Product and process -- Understanding gameplay -- Reconfiguring textuality -- II. Cultural and Commerical Appropriation -- Modding and participatory culture -- Game development in context -- Histories of modding -- Modding simulations -- Serious game development or intense play? -- III. Dynamics of Modding -- Categorising modding practices -- From interpretation to configuration -- Sharing the idea of play -- Private and public spaces -- IV. Negotiating the Code -- Playing with the Sims -- Game space as canvas -- Playing house, performing gender -- V. Extending the Game -- Pleasures and politics of simulation -- From recycling to remediation -- Kinky play: pornographic hacking and The Sims -- Conclusion -- References -- Notes -- Index