Queerness in Play

Front Matter ....Pages i-xvii
 Queer Game Studies: Young But Not New  (Todd Harper, Nicholas Taylor, Meghan Blythe Adams)....Pages 1-13
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 Queer(ing) Game Studies: Reviewing Research on Digital Play and Non-normativity  (Sarah Evans)....Pages 17-33
 Envisioning Queer Game Studies: Ludology and the Study of Queer Game Content  (Evan W. Lauteria)....Pages 35-53
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 The Representation (or the Lack of It) of Same-Sex Relationships in Digital Games  (Yowei Kang, Kenneth C. C. Yang)....Pages 57-79
 Affliction or Affection: The Inclusion of a Same-Sex Relationship in The Last of Us  (Daniel Sipocz)....Pages 81-96
 What If Zelda Wasn’t a Girl? Problematizing Ocarina of Time’s Great Gender Debate  (Chris Lawrence)....Pages 97-113
 Maidens and Muscleheads, White Mages and Wimps, from the Light Warriors to Lightning Returns  (Mark Filipowich)....Pages 115-129
 The Big Reveal: Exploring (Trans)Femininity in Metroid  (Evelyn Deshane, R. Travis Morton)....Pages 131-146
 Bye, Bye, Birdo: Heroic Androgyny and Villainous Gender-Variance in Video Games  (Meghan Blythe Adams)....Pages 147-163
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 Cues for Queer Play: Carving a Possibility Space for LGBTQ Role-Play  (Tanja Sihvonen, Jaakko Stenros)....Pages 167-184
 “Sexified” Male Characters: Video Game Erotic Modding for Pleasure and Power  (Nathan Thompson)....Pages 185-201
 Let’s Come Out! On Gender and Sexuality, Encouraging Dialogue, and Acceptance  (Maresa Bertolo, Ilaria Mariani, Clara Gargano)....Pages 203-221
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 Outside the Lanes: Supporting a Non-normative League of Legends Community  (Nicholas Taylor, Randall Hammond)....Pages 225-242
 The Abject Scapegoat: Boundary Erosion and Maintenance in League of Legends  (Elyse Janish)....Pages 243-260
 Out on Proudmoore: Climate Issues on an MMO  (Carol A. Stabile, Laura Strait)....Pages 261-272
Back Matter ....Pages 273-279