Situating the Appeal of Fortnite Within Children's Changing Play Cultures

被引：21

作者：

Carter, Marcus ^{[1
]}

Moore, Kyle ^{[2
]}

Mavoa, Jane ^{[4
]}

Horst, Heather ^{[5
]}

Gaspard, Luke ^{[3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Sydney, Digital Cultures, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[2] Univ Sydney, John Wooley Bldg, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

[3] Univ Sydney, Sch Media & Commun, Sydney, NSW, Australia

[4] Univ Melbourne, Dept Comp & Informat Syst, Melbourne, Vic, Australia

[5] Univ Western Sydney, Inst Culture & Soc, Sydney, NSW, Australia

来源：

GAMES AND CULTURE | 2020年 / 15卷 / 04期

关键词：

online games; Fortnite; battle royale; YouTube; temporality; first-person shooter games; children; children's digital cultures; COMPUTER GAMES; ONLINE;

D O I：

10.1177/1555412020913771

中图分类号：

G [文化、科学、教育、体育]; C [社会科学总论];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 04 ;

摘要：

Fortnite is a massively multiplayer online "battle royale" game that rapidly grew in 2018 to become one of the most popular digital games in the world, with a reported peak of 10.8 million concurrent players and 250 million registered players in March 2019. Based on 24 interviews with young people aged 9-14 (17 boys and 7 girls), this article sets out to provide an account of the appeal and experience of Fortnite. While it is impossible to pinpoint exactly why Fortnite has been such a phenomenal, global success, in this article, we argue that its appeal can be better explained by its intersections with YouTube and game livestreaming, the way the game acts as a vehicle for social capital and the performance of identity, and the rich sociality of play.

引用

页码：453 / 471

页数：19

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