Crawford, G ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7499-3864
2006,
'The cult of champ man: the culture and pleasures of championship manager/football manager gamers'
, Information, Communication & Society, 9 (4)
, pp. 496-514.
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Abstract
This paper considers the popularity and social significance of the gaming series Championship Manager/Football Manager. Sport-related games continue to be one of the most popular forms of digital gaming, and the series has proved to be one of the most successful of all time. Drawing on 32 interviews with game players and developers of this series, this paper argues that this series has proved particularly popular due to its 'intertextual' links to the sport of football, which allows this game to be drawn on as a resource in conversations and social networks. In particular, this paper argues that aspects of gaming, such as performativity and control, extend and cross-cut with wider social formations. Hence, the author argues that it is crucial that considerations of digital games seek to locate these within wider social and cultural patterns.
Item Type: | Article |
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Themes: | Subjects / Themes > Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA075 Electronic computers. Computer science > QA076 Computer software Subjects / Themes > G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure > GV0557 Sports Subjects outside of the University Themes |
Schools: | Schools > School of Health and Society Schools > School of Health and Society > Centre for Applied Research in Health, Welfare and Policy |
Journal or Publication Title: | Information, Communication & Society |
Publisher: | Routledge Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
ISSN: | 1369118X |
Depositing User: | H Kenna |
Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2009 15:59 |
Last Modified: | 16 Feb 2022 08:06 |
URI: | http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/1450 |
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