Negotiating the Glitch Identifying and Using Glitches in Video Games with Microtransactions

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Negotiating the Glitch Identifying and Using Glitches in Video Games with Microtransactions

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The article explores the way a particular glitch is defined in video game culture and argues that the process of definition is in fact a negotiation between different groups of stakeholders. After a glitch is identified, the process of negotiation among the players, press and developers continues. The use of a glitch also has to be defined and interpreted. In this article, I take a closer look at glitches that interact with microtransactions in full-price video game titles, using examples from two games published by EA: Mass Effect 3 and Dead Space 3. While players of both games used glitches to bypass the microtransactions, fan and press reactions to these two cases of glitch exploitation were significantly different. While nearly no one questioned Mass Effect 3's missile glitch to be a cheat of sorts, the infinite respawn glitch from Dead Space 3 was subject to many discussions regarding its nature as a glitch or a feature. This article analyzes the discourse of glitch discussions and offers explanations as to why the two cases have differed so radically.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Negotiating the Glitch Identifying and Using Glitches in Video Games with Microtransactions

Popis výsledku anglicky

The article explores the way a particular glitch is defined in video game culture and argues that the process of definition is in fact a negotiation between different groups of stakeholders. After a glitch is identified, the process of negotiation among the players, press and developers continues. The use of a glitch also has to be defined and interpreted. In this article, I take a closer look at glitches that interact with microtransactions in full-price video game titles, using examples from two games published by EA: Mass Effect 3 and Dead Space 3. While players of both games used glitches to bypass the microtransactions, fan and press reactions to these two cases of glitch exploitation were significantly different. While nearly no one questioned Mass Effect 3's missile glitch to be a cheat of sorts, the infinite respawn glitch from Dead Space 3 was subject to many discussions regarding its nature as a glitch or a feature. This article analyzes the discourse of glitch discussions and offers explanations as to why the two cases have differed so radically.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

AJ - Písemnictví, mas–media, audiovize

OECD FORD obor

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Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2015

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

New Perspectives in Game Studies: Proceedings of the Central and Eastern European Game Studies Conference

ISBN

978-80-210-8045-4

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

55-70

Název nakladatele

Masaryk University

Místo vydání

Brno

Místo konání akce

Brno

Datum konání akce

10. 10. 2014

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

000380507400005