ABSTRACT

Game studies addresses a wide range of topics, concepts, questions, and perspectives. From reading games as technical and cultural artifacts to exploring players, player communities, and the industry itself. Toxic culture within gaming communities and the gaming industry has negatively affected and even harmed individuals, community growth, the creative potential of video games, and even the study of some topics in game studies. This is not up for debate. However, toxic culture plays a role in shaping alternative visions and methods of inclusivity, as those affected by it push against the toxic boundaries and existing conditions through a wide range of strategies to create positive change. From supportive threads on social media to coordinated, collective efforts in the form of the creation of organizations, events, and emotional support networks, this article looks at resistance to toxic gaming culture and how it reshapes and reconstructs the boundaries and social norms towards creating a more inclusive gaming community and culture. The future of game studies is necessarily critical, but its future is also constructive.

摘要

游戏研究涉及广泛的主题、概念、问题和观点。从将游戏解读为技术和文化产物，到探索玩家、玩家社区和行业本身。游戏社区和游戏行业中的有毒文化对个人、社区发展、视频游戏的创造潜力，甚至游戏研究中的某些主题的研究产生了负面影响甚至伤害。这不值得讨论。然而，有毒文化在塑造包容性的替代愿景和方法方面发挥着作用，因为受其影响的人们通过广泛的战略来推动有毒边界和现有条件，以创造积极的变化。从社交媒体上的支持线程到以创建组织、活动和情感支持网络的形式进行协调的集体努力，本文着眼于对有毒游戏文化的抵制，以及它如何重塑和重建界限和社会规范，以创建更具包容性的游戏社区和文化。博弈研究的未来必然是至关重要的，但它的未来也是建设性的。