TY  - JOUR
AU  - Sparrow, LA
AU  - Gibbs, M
AU  - Arnold, M
Y2  - 2020/11/02
Y1  - 2020/01/01
SN  - 1555-4120
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/11343/248520
AB  - This study introduces the ludic ethics approach for understanding the moral deliberations of players of online multiplayer games. Informed by a constructivist paradigm that places players’ everyday ethical negotiations at the forefront of the analysis, this study utilises a novel set of game-related moral vignettes in a series of 20 in-depth interviews with players. Reflexive thematic analysis of these interviews produced four key themes by which participants considered the ethics of in-game actions: (1) game boundaries, (2) consequences for play, (3) player sensibilities, and (4) virtuality. These results support the conceptualisation of games as complex ethical sites in which players negotiate in-game ethics by referring extensively – although not exclusively – to a framework of ‘ludomorality’ that draws from the interpreted meanings associated with the ludic digital context.
LA  - English
PB  - SAGE Publications
T1  - Ludic Ethics: The Ethical Negotiations of Players in Online Multiplayer Games
DO  - 10.1177/1555412020971534
IS  - Games and Culture: a journal of interactive media
SP  - 155541202097153-155541202097153
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ER  -