This article is a critical review of studies on gaming communities. In particular, it analyses the
use of subcultural, post-subcultural and postmodern subcultural theorists in relation to video …

TikTok is a popular platform allowing users to view and make short videos. The platform's
embeddedness among youth cultures is key to TikTok's commercial success, to attract and …

This paper is set within the context of a rapidly urbanizing India with shrinking avenues of
physical play and social engagement. The loss of traditional play spaces has redefined …

The growth of esports into a worldwide phenomenon is astounding. With more and more
young people trying to make a living as gamers, there has never been a better time to dive …

Online gaming has become a recent leisure time activity in India, especially among the
younger generation. Hence, more and more youngsters, specifically Generation Z are …

Set in the context of India's second Covid-19 wave (April–June 2021), this article examines
the transformation of a WhatsApp group originally created to study a pool of fantasy sport …

Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent: Development, Culture (s) and Representations
explores the gaming culture of one of the most culturally diverse and populous regions of the …

This article examines representative games from Zapak. com: India's most-popular gaming
website (highest number of daily visitors) to conceptualize the relationship between …

The growth of the city of Hyderabad–India's “second electronic city”—over the past three
decades has paralleled the vision and the aspirational policies of a newly liberalised India …

The 21st Century in 100 Games is an interactive public history of the contemporary world. It
creates a ludological retelling of the 21st century through 100 games that were announced …