[DiGRA UK] Counting Clicks - Guest lecture by Dr Tom Brock at University of Lincoln - April 3rd at 2pm

[Paolo Ruffino]

Dear list members,

you are cordially invited to a guest talk at the University of Lincoln
School of Film and Media <https://www.lincoln.ac.uk/home/fm/>, organised by
the Lincoln Games Research Network
<http://games.dev.lincoln.ac.uk/2019/03/18/dr-tom-brock-guest-talk-on-april-3rd/>
.



*Counting Clicks: Gameplay metrics, power and the body politics of
competitive videogames*

Dr Tom Brock (Senior Lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University)



This talk develops a critical approach towards competitive videogaming by
considering how gameplay metrics, such as ‘actions-per-minute’ and
‘match-making rank’, extend neoliberal political formations through the
surveillance and control of players’ bodily practices. By way of examples
from *DOTA2*, it argues that competitive videogames attune players’ habits
and practices to affect economic methodologies and rationales on themselves
and others. This is important for critiquing how videogames promote the
competitive market as an ideal social formation whilst obscuring its
negative psychological and sociological effects.



Tom Brock is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Manchester
Metropolitan University. His research interests include play, games and
social theory. He has authored publications on esports, player skill,
failure, player labour and digital games consumption in peer-reviewed
journals including, *Games and Culture, Journal of Consumer Culture*,
and *Information,
Communication and Society*. Tom has also published widely on social,
political and cultural theory in peer-reviewed journals including, *The
Sociological Review, Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour* and
the *Journal
of Critical Realism*.



Date: 3rd April 2019

Room: SLB0006

Time: 14:00 – 15:30

Info at pruffino at lincoln.ac.uk

Best,


-- 
Dr. Paolo Ruffino
http://paoloruffino.com
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