How Funny Are Games? Violent Games Content and Studio Well-Being

Patrick Stacey, David Thomas and Joe Nandhakumar

Chapter 8 in Changing the Rules of the Game, 2013, pp 142-165 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter focuses on the twin responsibilities of game studios for the social groups they create content for and employ. Through two nascent and ongoing studies we investigate the contextual forces of violent game development and gamework well-being. Our analysis of both studies draws on the theory of interpretive schemes (for instance, Bartunek, 1984; Ranson et al., 1980) as an analytical lens (Walsham, 2003), which theorizes about the systems of meaning that people draw on in order to make collective sense of phenomena and conduct. This chapter is organized as follows: first, key motivations, prior literature, a theoretical framework, the research approach and methods used are introduced. We then present two empirical studies regarding violent game development and gamework well-being; each contains a case study, analysis and conceptualization. These sections are followed by a synthesized discussion and conclusion.

Keywords: Video Game; Game Development; Game Design; Interpretive Scheme; Violent Video Game (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137318411_9

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