"Because it just looks cool!" Fashion as character performance: The Case of WoW

dc.contributor.author	Klastrup, Lisbeth
dc.contributor.author	Tosca, Susana
dc.date.accessioned	2010-07-22T19:36:30Z
dc.date.available	2010-07-22T19:36:30Z
dc.date.issued	2009-02
dc.description.abstract	This paper explores the neglected area of clothing and fashion in computer games, particularly MMORPGs, which we claim is an important aspect of game aesthetics and player performance. Combining knowledge from the cultural studies of fashion with a study of the function and importance of clothing in the gameworld World of Warcraft (WoW), and drawing on qualitative methods, we argue that fashion in an online gameworld like WoW is a vehicle for personal storytelling and individualization.
dc.format.extent	15 pages
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Virtual Worlds Research Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 3-17
dc.identifier.issn	1941-8477
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10524/1691
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Virtual Worlds Institute, Inc.
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution No Derivative Works 3.0
dc.subject	game design
dc.subject	players
dc.subject	storytelling
dc.subject	fashion
dc.subject	clothing
dc.subject	World of Warcraft
dc.subject	MMORPGs
dc.subject.lcsh	Ethnology
dc.title	"Because it just looks cool!" Fashion as character performance: The Case of WoW
dc.type	Article
dc.type.dcmi	Text

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