Calendars:Networked Media Calendar/Networked Media Calendar/25-01-2022 -Event 4

XPUB1: 11:00 - Special Issue #17 with Lídia Pereira in the large project space WH 4.316- 4.320; Manetta, Michael, and Steve Join

   Games as reproductive technologies: the base-superstructure model, Adorno and Horkheimer's critique of the cultural industry, Stuart Hall's deconstruction of the popular, introduction to social reproduction theory
   "Turning players into payers" / Predatory monetization schemes: in-game advertising, micro-transactions, loot boxes, downloadable content, NFTs, etc.

Reading/Watching:

   "The Addictive Cost Of Predatory Videogame Monetization (The Jimquisition)": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S-DGTBZU14
   "Predatory monetization schemes in video games (e.g. 'loot boxes') and internet gaming disorder", by Daniel L. King and Paul H. Delfabbro
   http://icantbelieveitsnotgambling.com/