Glamor Above, Precarity Below: Immaterial Labor in the Video Game Industry

2015 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ergin Bulut
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Immaterial Labor ◽  
Game Industry

scholarly journals "Too Human" versus the enthusiast press: Video game journalists as mediators of commodity value

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca Carlson
Keyword(s):  
Video Games ◽  
Video Game ◽  
Late Capitalism ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Immaterial Labor ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
The Way

This article examines the role of mediators in the production of commodity value, arguing that there is a rise in a kind of immaterial labor, shaped by contemporary conditions of late capitalism, that functions explicitly as a mediating force. In this example, video game journalists are understood as actively engaged in producing and negotiating the value and meaning of video games for both producers and consumers. By specifically examining a moment of value contestation, a podcast debate between a journalist and a game developer, this article traces the mediating practices of the enthusiast gaming press and examines the way their history with and relationship to the video game industry continue to structure their ability to filter knowledge and shape desires.

Bluehole: Bluehole’s spectacular success in the video game industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-155
Author(s):  
Yongjin Oh ◽  
Seungchul Lee ◽  
Jaewon Lee
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Game Industry

scholarly journals Surrounded by a wall: The hermetic language of the Polish community of video gamers. Do Poles know the language of Polish gamers? The results of a survey-based study

2020 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-112
Author(s):  
Rafał Maćkowiak
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Entertainment Industry ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Large Group ◽  
Colloquial Language ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Sheer Size ◽  
Video Gamers

The video game industry is today one of the most rapidly developing branches of the entertainment industry. Such corporations as Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo are increasing their investment engagement in the manufacture of gaming hardware (e.g. computers, consoles, and tablets), and in game development for various platforms. There has developed and continues to expand an extensive terminology which due to the increasing consolidation of the user base is progressing towards producing a sociolect. Linguists have not yet examined the lexis of gamers which is why it must be studied considering the extent of the phenomenon and the sheer size of the gamer community. Video gamers form a large group. At this point it must be stressed that the gamer community and the lexis specific for it does not exist in isolation. The lexis used by gamers continues to permeate outside the community, e.g. to other media or the colloquial language. The author of this article conducted a survey to check whether the lexis of video gamers is known to random respondents. This article presents the results of the survey.

Innovation in the British Video Game Industry since 1978

2021 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-567
Author(s):  
Denise Tsang
Keyword(s):  
Video Game ◽  
Computer Literacy ◽  
The United States ◽  
Video Game Industry ◽  
Mobile Gaming ◽  
British Industry ◽  
Game Industry ◽  
Regional Clustering ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Start Ups

This article examines the evolution of the video game industry in Britain from its start in 1978. The industry originated with passionate hobbyists and amateurs who benefited from the national broadcaster's campaign to expand computer literacy. Unlike the regional clustering of the industry in the United States and Japan, the British industry was dispersed geographically, consisting of mini-clusters with porous boundaries. During the 2000s, the fragmented British industry was largely acquired by U.S. and Japanese multinational companies and became part of global value chains, but the development of mobile gaming and digital distribution provided opportunities for a new generation of start-ups to emerge in Britain.

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