TY  - BOOK
AU  - Swalwell,Melanie
AU  - Stuckey,Helen
AU  - Ndalianis,Angela
TI  - Fans and videogames: histories, fandom, archives 
T2  - Routledge advances in game studies
SN  - 9781138679672 (hbk.) :
U1  - 794.8'092 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Video gamers
KW  - Video games
KW  - Design
KW  - History
KW  - Hobbies and Games
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - In order to better understand and theorize video games and game playing, it is necessary to study the activities of gamers themselves. Gamers make literal the theoretical concept that Roland Barthes and Julia Kristeva defined four decades ago: they are active creators in generating meaning; they are creators of media texts they share with other fans (mods, walkthroughs, machinima, etc); and they have played a central role in curating and preserving games. This volume brings together essays that explore game fandom from diverse perspectives to offer a broad and holistic understanding of the complex processes at work in the phenomenon of game fandom and its practices
ER  -