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Esport Play: Anticipation, Attachment, and Addiction in Psycholudic Development

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Full Title:

Esport Play: Anticipation, Attachment, and Addiction in Psycholudic Development

Contributors:
ISBN:

9781501359347

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Imprint:

Bloomsbury Academic USA

Publication Date:

9th July 2020

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

Tertiary Education

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

Game theory
Media, entertainment, information and communication industries

Dewey:

794.8

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Hardback

Number of Pages:

208

Dimensions:

Width 152mm, Height 229mm

Weight:

467g

Description

Weaving the author's own lived experience with theoretical insights from the fields of game studies, psychology, and anthropology, Esport Play probes and advances current gaming topics such as addiction, skill development, and toxicity. With a focus on League of Legends one of the flagship esports of our time Karhulahti explicates what esport play is: documenting and identifying competitive play as a present-day means to satisfy basic human needs. Ultimately, the book presents a theory of psycholudic development that explains and organizes the development of player-play relationships that may last for years.

Reviews

Esports has gone from a curiosity to global spectacle. Matti Karhulahti compiles everything you'd want to know about the about the psychology of esports under one cover. A must-read for those interested in esports. * Christopher J. Ferguson, Professor of Psychology, Stetson University, USA *
If League of Legends is such a toxic game space, why is it so popular Finally, a book that makes real progress in answering this question. Karhulahti's deep dive into playing League, coupled with traditional and new theoretical approaches to understanding digital games gives us a fresh view into understanding why people play (and enjoy!) this game. If you want to better understand the appeal of MOBAs and esports, read this book. * Mia Consalvo, Professor and Canada Research Chair In Game Studies & Design, Concordia University Montreal, Canada *

Author Bio

Veli-Matti Karhulahti works in Finland as a Senior Researcher at University of Jyvskyl and as an Adjunct Professor at University of Turku. He has researched gaming, health, and the human mind in places such as Yonsei University (Korea), IT University of Copenhagen (Denmark), and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA). Karhulahti's interdisciplinary research has been published in leading journals of diverse fields from culture and game studies to health and psychological sciences. He is an active participant in metascientific development.

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