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Record Nr.

UNINA9910466633303321

Autore

Karlsen Faltin

Titolo

A world of excesses : online games and excessive playing / / Faltin Karlsen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2016

ISBN

1-315-56537-4

1-317-18621-4

1-4094-2764-1

1-317-18622-2

Descrizione fisica

x, 167 p. : ill

Disciplina

794.8

Soggetti

Internet games - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published 2013 by Ashgate Publishing"--t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Game genre, case and empirical material -- 3. Media narratives and public concerns -- 4. Addiction and randomness -- 5. Game structure and loyalty programmes -- 6. Pathological gaming and social context -- 7. Theorycrafting : between collective intelligence and intrinsic satisfaction -- 8. Life phase and meaningful play.