Strategies of anonymity in Game Workers Unite UK

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Ruffino Paolo
2020 DiGRA ’20 – Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference: Play Everywhere

 

Piracy in the Caribbean: The Political Stakes of Videogame Piracy in Chávez’s Venezuela

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Apperley Thomas H.
2007 DiGRA '07 - Proceedings of the 2007 DiGRA International Conference: Situated Play

This paper will examine the role of videogames in global participatory culture. In particular it will explore the role of software piracy in enabling participation from groups that would otherwise be excluded from accessing videogames due to economic factors. This suggests that piracy in the context of videogames – especially vis-à-vis their role as proselytizers of participatory culture – can be shifted outside of a criminal regime and into one which is concerned with the ability to participate in a global economy as both a consumer and citizen. This issue will be explored through a case study of the gaming situation in Caracas, Venezuela.