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Act of aggression mods9/22/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mods: modifications made (primarily) by gamers, developers and alike, that bring about a change in how a game operates or is presented (Sotamaa, 2010 Wysocki, 2015). One of the elements to the keynote was a discussion around the use of ‘mods’ in the sexual experience of games. But there was one part that I found particularly thought-provoking that led to this blog post: the keynote presentation. The conference had short presentations, each taking the theme to the context of their own research ranging from “romancing characters’ to BDSM simulations. The topic of this conference was revolved around “Sex and Romance in Video Games” - a theme “totally unrelated” to my own research. Provoked by my own love for the idea of “chaos,” in my research into the abyss that is sex in video games, I have been thinking about how sex and sexuality attribute to kinds of disruption within gaming, especially when it was not existent in the space originally.įairly recently, I had the pleasure of being an audience member (a virtual one) at a conference held by the MultiPlay network. A longer form of this post can be located at my personal blog: ![]()
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