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Precarious Playbour: Modders and the Digital Games Industry

Submitted by Curtis Conkey on Wed, 17/10/2007 - 15:46.
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Publication Type  Journal Article
Year of Publication  2005
Authors  Kücklich, J.
Journal Title  Fibreculture Journal
Journal Date  09/2005
Volume  3
Issue  5
ISSN Number  1449-1443
Key Words  modding; labor; New Game Cultures; Games industry; political economy
Abstract  

The following paper analyses the relationship between the modding community and the games industry from a political economy perspective, without disregarding the pleasures and rewards individual modders may derive from their work. Within this context, the questions of whether modders can be regarded in terms of a "dispersed multitude", and how the power that comes with this status can be realised more fully, deserve special attention. At the same time, this paper seeks to gain insight into the changing relationship between work and play in the creative industries, and the ideological ramifications of this change.

URL  http://www.journal.fibreculture.org/issue5/kucklich.html

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