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

Esport Play

Anticipation, Attachment, and Addiction in Psycholudic Development
 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
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Number of Volumes: Hardback
 
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ISBN13:9781501359347
ISBN10:1501359347
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:208 pages
Size:228x152 mm
Weight:467 g
Language:English
Illustrations: 12 bw illus
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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.
Table of Contents:
Preface
1. Noob
2. Uncarriable
3. Boosted Animal
4. Ludonarcotic Junkie
5. Today We Die a Little
6.
7. Theory of Psycholudic Development
Epilogue
References
Glossary
Index