Communities and Online Gaming

Online game platforms provide a space for culturally and geographically diverse communities

It is quite possible to become overwhelmed by the amount of research and theory focused on community. However, for the following, the research has been limited to focusing on research conducted in the field of communities within the space of online games. Offline, a community could be defined as a group of people with commonalities… Continue reading Online game platforms provide a space for culturally and geographically diverse communities

Communities and Online Gaming

Fight like a Girl – Marginalising Women in First Person Shooter Video Game Communities

Abstract First-person shooters (FPS) are seen as the domain of male hard-core gaming enthusiasts but as half the population of gamers are women, more and more are starting to take up this genre of gaming. However, being dominated by male players, women have a difficult time shaking stereotypical roles and facing up to the more… Continue reading Fight like a Girl – Marginalising Women in First Person Shooter Video Game Communities