Mastering the Game: Gender and the Entelechial Motivational System of Video Games

Autor:	Charles Soukup
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	Game mechanics Game art design Hierarchy Conceptualization Communication ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING Gender Studies Game design Mathematics education Game Developer Video game design Psychology Social psychology Meaning (linguistics)
Zdroj:	Women's Studies in Communication. 30:157-178
ISSN:	2152-999X 0749-1409
DOI:	10.1080/07491409.2007.10162511
Popis:	This analysis explores the logic of perfection in the vocabularies and discourses of video gaming. Drawing upon Kenneth Burke's conceptualization of perfection, this article argues that the discourses of heavy “gamers” produce an entelechial system of meaning based upon mathematical mastery. The entelechial system relies on the technical mastery of skills to aggressively defeat “others” and move up the game's hierarchy until ultimately “beating the game” or reaching the highest level/score.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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