Contours of virtual enfreakment in fighting game characters

• Main Authors: Sengun, Sercan, Mawhorter, Peter, Bowie-Wilson, James, Audeh, Yusef, KWAK, Haewoon, Harrell, D. Fox
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2022
• Subjects: Videogames; Digital games; Fighting games; Representation; Gender; Race; Ethnicity; Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7171; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8174/viewcontent/VirtualEnfreakmentFightingGame_pvoa.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Characters in fighting videogames1 such as Street Fighter V and Tekken7 typically reveal a phenomenon that we define as virtual enfreakment: their bodies, costumes, and fighting styles are exaggerated (1) in a manner that emphasizes perceived exoticism and (2) to enable them to be easily visually an...