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1、SexualityinRole-PlayingGames“Anexemplarylookatanunderstudiedfacetofbothrole-playanddigitalsexualities.”—J.TuomasHarviainen,UniversityofTampere,FinlandRole-playinggamesofferachancetopretend,make-believe,andsharefantasy.Theyofteninvokeheavythemesintotheirgameplay:morality,violence,politics,spir
2、ituality,orsexuality.Althoughinterestingmoraldebatesperenniallyappearinthemediaandacademiaconcerningtheappropriatenessofgames’abilitytodealwithsuchadultconcepts,verylittleisknownabouttheintersectionbetweengames,playfulness,andsex-ualityandwhatthismightmeanforplayers.Thisbookoffersanin-depth,e
3、thnographiclookintothephenomenonoferoticrole-playthroughtheexperiencesofplayersinmultiplayerandtabletoprole-playinggames.Brownexploreswhyparticipantsengageineroticrole-play,discussestherulesinvolvedineroticrole-play,anduncoverswhatplayingwithsexualityinludicenvironmentsmeansforplayers,theirpa
4、rtners,andtheireverydaylives.Takentogether,thisbookprovidesarich,nuanced,anddetailedaccountofaprovocativetopic.AshleyMLBrownisalecturerindigitalgamestheoryanddesignatBrunelUniversity,London.ShecompletedherPhDattheUniversityofManchesterinsociologyinautumn2013.ShevolunteersassecretaryfortheDigi
5、talGamesResearchAssociation(DiGRA)andisafoundingmemberoftherecentlycreatedU.K.chapterofDiGRA.RoutledgeAdvancesinGameStudies1VideoGamesandSocialCompetenceRachelKowert2SexualityinRole-PlayingGamesAshleyMLBrownSexualityinRole-PlayingGamesAshleyMLBrownFirstpublished2015byRoutledge711ThirdAvenue,N
6、ewYork,NY10017andbyRoutledge2ParkSquare,MiltonPark,Abingdon,OxonOX144RNRoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup,aninformabusiness©2015Taylor&FrancisTherightofAshleyMLBrowntobeidentifiedasauthorofthisworkhasbeenassertedbyherinaccordancewithsections77and78oftheCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct
7、1988.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilisedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecording,orinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutperm