Ruffino, Paolo 
ORCID: 0000-0001-7112-9483
(2022)
Seeking Deep Relations in a Precarious Industry: Addressing Mental Health through Independent Videogame Development.
TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA, 23 (7).
pp. 761-776.
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Abstract
<jats:p> Anxiety, depression, burnout and impostor syndrome are frequently reported among those who work in the videogame industry, and are exacerbated among independents and freelancers. The article draws on interviews with four London-based independent videogame developers who have engaged with the production of videogames about mental health. The article argues that conceiving, producing and releasing these games is understood by their makers as a strategy to establish relations with consumers, participants and other developers that could break the invisible barriers that prevent dialogs around mental wellness. More than being concerned with the outcome of their work or its commercial success, developers seek relations with other game workers and players through the process of making, researching, testing, and showing their videogames. The development of videogames about mental health is interpreted by the participants as facilitating exchanges of autobiographical experiences that are otherwise regulated by the norms of professional networking. </jats:p>
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | independent videogames, mental health, videogame development, videogame industry, deep games, network sociality |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of the Arts |
| Depositing User: | Symplectic Admin |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2021 14:35 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2023 22:33 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/15274764211025623 |
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| URI: | https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3127322 |
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