Illuminates the fascinating, intertwined histories of games and the Early Modern theater

Zen Gaming and The Art of Electronic Sports is a unique and creative way for Gamers to improve their gaming abilities and learn healthy habits. Contained within are eleven levels that the gamer must progress through to reach the final reward. Each level awards attribute points that enhance gaming abilities and overall well-being. The nine attributes of a Zen Gamer are strength, wisdom, awareness, endurance, appeal, income, energy, and lifeforce. Reasons to experience Zen Gaming and the Art of Electronic Sports 1) You feel that you should be in higher rank/league/rating, but are stuck, and cannot seem to rise above your current standing. 2) You want to increase, develop, or improve: map awareness, fan base, fun, energy, a winning mindset, and controller/mouse/keyboard precision 3) You want to transform, decrease, or eliminate: miss clicks, toxic gaming habits (i.e. rage), gaming acne, obesity, and the feeling of defeat. 4) You would like to learn how to use games as a tool for spiritual, physical, mental, and financial growth.

More gamers than ever are watching others play games rather than playing the games themselves. Gaming Live will provide a complete guide to live streaming and gaming, taking advantage of the huge audiences across all live streaming platforms.

With huge prize pools, gaming superstars, and worldwide tournaments, it's no wonder eSports are making a splash. Readers will learn all about the biggest games, the best players, and the devoted fans defining esports.

Internet Gaming Disorder: Theory, Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention is an informative and practical introduction to the topics of Internet gaming disorder and problematic gaming. This book provides mental health clinicians with hands-on assessment, prevention, and treatment techniques for clients with problematic gaming behaviors and Internet gaming disorder. It provides an overview of the existing research on epidemiology, risk and protective factors, and discusses the distinct cognitive features that distinguish gaming from gambling and other related activities and disorders. Clinicians will find interest in discussion of the latest developments in cognitive-behavioral approaches to gaming disorder as well as the best structure for clinical interviews. Included in clinical sections are details of the key indicators of harm and impairment associated with problem gaming and how these might present in clinical cases. Internet Gaming Disorder is strongly evidence-based, draws extensively upon the latest international research literature, and provides insights into the likely future developments in this emerging field both in terms of technological development and new research approaches. Discusses the conceptual basis of Internet gaming disorder as a behavioral addiction Provides screening approaches for measuring excessive gaming Details a structured clinical interview approach for assessing gaming disorder Provides evidence-based clinical strategies for prevention and treatment Covers cognitive behavioral therapy and harm reduction strategies

This collection explores the politics of game play and its cultural context by focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. Drawing from micro ethnographic studies to macro political economy analysis of techno-nationalisms and transcultural flows of cultural capital, it provides an interdisciplinary model for thinking through the politics of gaming.

How play and gaming culture have mainstreamed far right ideology through social media platforms. From #Gamergate to the ongoing Big Lie, the far right has gone mainstream. In Gaming Democracy, Adrienne Massanari tracks the flames of toxicity found in the far right and “alt-right” movements as they increasingly take up oxygen in American and global society. In this pathbreaking contribution to the fields of internet studies, game studies, and gender studies, Massanari argues that Silicon Valley’s emphasis on meritocracy and free speech absolutism has driven this rightward slide. These ideologies have been coded into social media spaces that implicitly silence marginalized communities and subject them to rampant abuse by groups that have learned to “game” the ecology of platforms, algorithms, and attention economies. While populist movements are not new, phenomena such as QAnon, parental rights activism, and COVID denialism are uniquely “of the internet,” with supporters demonstrating both technical acumen and an ability to use memes and play as a way of both building community and fomenting dissent. Massanari explores the ways that the far right uses memetic humor and geek masculinity as tools both to create a sense of community within these leaderless groups and to obfuscate their intentions. Using the lens of play and game studies as well as the concept of “metagaming,” Gaming Democracy is a novel contribution to our understanding of online platforms and far right political activism.

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