The Dark Side of Game Play Controversial Issues in Playful Environments

Part I: Introduction  1. Dark Play: The Aesthetics of Controversial Playfulness Torill Elvira Mortensen and Jonas Linderoth  Part II: Discourses of Dark Play  2. Analyzing Game Controversies: A Historical Approach to Moral Panics and Digital Games Faltin Karlsen  3. Of Heroes and Henchmen: The Conventions of Killing Generic Expendables in Digital Games René Glas  4. Don't Forget to Die: A Software Update is Available for the Death Drive Emily Flynn-Jones  Part III: Dark Play or Darkly Played?  5. Killing Digital Children: Design, Discourse and Player Agency Björn Sjöblom  6. Little Evils: Subversive Uses of Children's Games Frans Mäyrä  7. Darkly Playing Others Miguel Sicart  Part IV: Dark Play and Situated Meaning  8. Three Defences for the Fourteen-Inch Barbed Penis: Darkly Playing with Morals, Ethics and Sexual Violence Ashley ML Brown  9. Exploring the Limits of Play: A Case Study of Representations of Nazism in Games Adam Chapman and Jonas Linderoth  10. Keeping the Balance: Morals at the Dark Side Torill Elvira Mortensen  11. Fabricated Innocence: On How People Can be Lured into Feel Bad Games Staffan Björk  Part V: Designing for Dark Play  12. Massively Multiplayer Dark Play; Treacherous Play in EVE Online Marcus Carter  13. Dark Play in Dishonored Kristine Jørgensen  14. Sonic Descents: Musical Dark Play in Survival and Psychological Horror Isabella van Elferen  15. Boosting, Glitching and Modding Call of Duty: Assertive Dark Play Manifestations, Communities, Pleasures and Organic Resilience Alan Meades