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A beautiful game: interpreting football videogame experiences
The purpose of this study is to explore football videogame playing experiences using a videogame esthetic that draws upon the MDA (mechanics–dynamics–esthetics) framework. In accordance with MDA, videogame esthetics comprises eight aspects—sensation, fantasy, narrative, challenge, fellowship, discovery, expression, and submission—derived from game-playing experiences. As a means of collecting and interpreting data, semi-structured interviews and qualitative thematic analysis were used. The study involved 30 interviewees who are both football players and football video game players. In view of the findings of the study, the concept of football videogame as sensual pleasure encompasses a number of attributes—game as make-believe, game as drama, game as a social framework, and game as self-discovery—because these attributes are valued in their relation to pleasure. Moreover, football videogames function as an uncharted medium in the field of football simulation due to their transcendence of time and space. For the esthetics of football videogames, the study proposes two major implications. It is essential to note that the esthetics of football videogames emphasize discovery and sensation, and playing football videogames is another way to consume football.
Funding
Taiwan's Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST 109-2410-H-003-076-MY2)
History
School
- Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Published in
Leisure SciencesPublisher
Taylor & FrancisVersion
- AM (Accepted Manuscript)
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© Taylor & FrancisPublisher statement
This is an Accepted Manuscript version of the following article, accepted for publication in Leisure Sciences. Lankyung Kim, Tien-Chin Tan & Alan Bairner (2023) A Beautiful Game: Interpreting Football Videogame Experiences, Leisure Sciences, DOI: 10.1080/01490400.2023.2170497. It is deposited under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.Acceptance date
2023-01-16Publication date
2023-01-25Copyright date
2023ISSN
0149-0400eISSN
1521-0588Publisher version
Language
- en