TY - GEN
T1 - The rogue in the lovely black dress
T2 - 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2010
AU - Pace, Tyler
AU - Bardzell, Shaowen
AU - Bardzell, Jeffrey
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this paper we present a critical analysis of player accounts of intimacy and intimate experiences in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft (WoW). Our analysis explores four characteristics that players articulated about their virtual intimate experiences: the permeability of intimacy across virtual and real worlds, the mundane as the origin of intimacy, the significance of reciprocity and exchange, and the formative role of temporality in shaping understandings and recollections of intimate experiences. We also consider the manifest ways that WoW's software features support and encourage these characteristics.
AB - In this paper we present a critical analysis of player accounts of intimacy and intimate experiences in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game World of Warcraft (WoW). Our analysis explores four characteristics that players articulated about their virtual intimate experiences: the permeability of intimacy across virtual and real worlds, the mundane as the origin of intimacy, the significance of reciprocity and exchange, and the formative role of temporality in shaping understandings and recollections of intimate experiences. We also consider the manifest ways that WoW's software features support and encourage these characteristics.
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U2 - 10.1145/1753326.1753361
DO - 10.1145/1753326.1753361
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953966488
SN - 9781605589299
T3 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
SP - 233
EP - 242
BT - CHI 2010 - The 28th Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, Conference Proceedings
Y2 - 10 April 2010 through 15 April 2010
ER -