In recent years, the idea of player control, or agency, has become central and explicit in
certain video games and genres, affecting many debates concerning the study or definitions …

This paper undertakes a meta-synthesis of fifty-nine qualitative and humanistic studies in
order to comprehensively examine the research on agency in the field of game studies. By …

This article examines connections between games and BDSM (consensual bondage and
discipline, dominance and submission, and sadism and masochism), theoretically speaking …

In this article, I consider two indie videogames, You Must Be 18 or Older to Enter (Seemingly
Pointless 2017) and how do you Do It?(Freeman et al. 2014), that share an interest in the …

Sexuality, as it relates to video games in particular, has received increasing attention over
the past decade in studies of games and play, even as the notion of play remains relatively …

Videogames are one of the most recognizable symbols of modern Japan, a part of (even the
poster child of) a post–World War II Japanese culture focused on technological prowess …

El sexo, el porno y los videojuegos son elementos culturales que gozan de gran
importancia y consumo. Asimismo, en los últimos años ha surgido una corriente crítica y …

This chapter focuses on how sexualities are experienced and expressed through digital
games. It addresses three key areas of research relating to sex and games: sex-as …

The inclusion of a graphic, interactive torture mission in the video game Grand Theft Auto V
(GTA V) attracted considerable criticism. I conduct a close reading the infamous torture …

This chapter explores and unpacks the affordances and limitations of ludological concepts
and approaches in studying queer game content. It identifies one major point of oversight in …