The affective embeddings of gacha games: Aesthetic assemblages and the mediated expression of the self

• 主要作者: WOODS, Orlando
• 格式: text
• 語言: English
• 出版: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• 主題: Gacha games; loot boxes; affective embeddings; mediated self; late capitalism; Communication Technology and New Media
• 在線閱讀: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3506; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4764/viewcontent/woods_2022_the_affective_embeddings_of_gacha_games_aesthetic_assemblages_and_the_mediated_expression_of_the_self.pdf

This paper argues that the motivations for investing money in gacha games can be a function of the affective embedding of players within the game, and the game within broader circuits of cultural affinity and appeal. Whilst research on gacha games – and the specific role of loot boxes therein – has...