Sports Videogames

Mia Consalvo is the Canada Research Chair in Game Studies and Design at Concordia University. She is the author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames and is co-editor of the Handbook of Internet Studies. Konstantin Mitgutsch is a researcher in the field of education science, game studies, learning theories and applied humanities. He works as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the MIT Game Lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Vienna in Austria. Abe Stein is a researcher at the MIT Game Lab in the Program in Comparative Media Studies at MIT. His articles and chapters have appeared in Eludamos, Well Played, Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, Loading... and James Bond in World and Popular Culture. He also writes a monthly sports games column for Kill Screen magazine.

Foreword by Owen Good Introduction: Sports Videogames: Mapping the Field Mia Consalvo, Konstantin Mitgutsch, Abraham Stein I. Defining the Game 1. Games, Sports, and Sport Videogames: Designed Challenges in Racing Games Jonas Linderoth 2. A Tale of Two Games: Football and FIFA 12 Miguel Sicart 3. What Are Sports Videogames? Ian Bogost 4. Joga Bonito: Beautiful Play, Sports and Digital Games Henry Lowood 5. Women, Sports and Videogames Mia Consalvo II. Remediating & Complicating 6. Playing the Game on Television Abe Stein 7. It's in the Game? Shifting the Scene with Online Play Christopher Paul 8. The Slow Grind: Skateboarding Videogames and the Culture and Practice of Skateboarding John Sharp 10. Likeness Licensing Litigation: Student Athletes and the Future of Sports Videogames Nina Huntemann III. Fans & Players 10. Playing Ball: Fan Experiences in Basketball Videogames Fares Kayali 11. Eventful Masculinities: Negotiations of Hegemonic Sporting Masculinities at LANs Emma Witkowski 12. Sports Gaming in Everyday Life: A Meaning Oriented Exploration of the Appropriation of the Online Football Manager Game Hattrick Jeff Wimmer & Jana Nickol 13. Why Sports Videogames Matter to Their Players: Exploring Meaningful Experiences in Playographies Konstantin Mitgutsch 14. Using Sports Videogames to Promote Real-World Physical Activity Among Young Adolescents Cheryl Olsen