Gameology: Commentary and Resources for the Game Studies Community

I agree Vaskor. Masculinity (and gender as a whole) is inextricably tied to the mode of production in which it is constructed. Thus, poker can be seen as a properly masculine pursuit (and thus sporting) because it creates value while gaming is considered wasteful.

I think what complicates this, however, is the fact that a lot of labor in virtual worlds do create things of value, but given the end user license agreements that disavow ownership of the products and the nature of the labor, it is a rather alienated form of work.

Tanner
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