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    Players Unleashed ! Modding The Sims and the Culture of Gaming

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    Sihvonen, Tanja
    Language
    English
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    Abstract
    The author of this hugely informative study explores the question of what happens when players practise and negotiate computer code, various ideologies, and the game itself by modding (modifying a game) in the context of The Sims, the bestselling computer game of all time.<BR>Sihvonen examines the technical and material specificities of The Sims mods, as well as their cultural context. Viewed as a manifestation of participatory culture, modding makes PC games ultimately malleable: players reconfigure the game by creating new content, altering the code and changing the behaviours of the game engine. Using a semiotic framework, Sihvonen suggests a signification process that includes representation, interpretation, investigation and experimentation with the game system and rules. <BR>From its historical roots in the shoot’em up games, the author bares the fascinating evolution and dynamics of modding, where gender stereotypes, the thrills of hacking and living the Sims’ American Dream intersect with the aesthetic and operational dimensions of modding.
     
    <i>Players Unleashed!</i> onderzoekt wat er gebeurt wanneer computercode, ideologieën, spelen en modden samenkomen in het bestverkochte computerspel aller tijden, The Sims. Tanja Sihvonen gaat in op de technische en materiële kenmerken van de Sim mods – die zij beschouwt als uitingen van de participatiecultuur – en laat zien in welke culturele context ze ontstaan. Dit boek richt zich op uiteenlopende speleractiviteiten, tot en met het creëren van content en het veranderen van de broncode. <i>Players Unleashed!</i> vergroot het begrip van het modden en maakt duidelijk dat deze activiteiten niet los gezien kunnen worden van de context waarin de <i>gamers</i> opereren.
     
    URI
    http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/34685
    Keywords
    game studies; digital culture; gaming; modding; sims; digitale cultuur; media studies; Gameplay; Mod (video gaming); Player character; The Sims
    DOI
    10.5117/9789089642011
    ISBN
    9789089642011
    OCN
    742047745
    Publisher
    Amsterdam University Press
    Publisher website
    https://www.aup.nl/
    Publication date and place
    2011
    Series
    MediaMatters, 5
    Pages
    224
    Public remark
    Relevant Wikipedia pages: Gameplay - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameplay; Mod (video gaming) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod_(video_gaming); Player character - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Player_character; The Sims - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sims
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    • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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