Preface and Acknowledgements

Beil, Benjamin; Freyermuth, Gundolf S.; Schmidt, Hanns Christian

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“…Paratexts refers here to "the wide range of discourses, texts, and practices beyond games themselves" found in game culture (Burwell & Miller, 2016). This work on LPs as paratexts has further been extended by more recent authors, such as Markocki, who used Burwell and Miller's work as a basis to examine the relationship between independent game developers and Let's Players (Beil et al, 2021). Other authors examine the relationships between the LPer and their audience, with a focus on YouTube LPers (Kreissl et al, 2021).…”

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“What are you Bringing to the Table?”: The Something Awful Let’s Play Community as a Serious Leisure Subculture

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Within the last decade, Let’s Plays, recordings of gameplay with commentary by the person playing, have grown in popularity and attention. The current research examining Let’s Plays has focused on the contemporary popularity of the phenomenon on YouTube. However, the origins of Let’s Plays as an influential media practice have not been fully investigated. In order to address this gap, we conducted a series of interviews with 34 creators from the Something Awful LP subforum—commonly identified to have originated the media form. Transcripts of these interviews were analyzed using concepts of serious leisure studies and cultural/subcultural capital. As a form of serious leisure culture, the members of the Something Awful LP community displayed motivations related to extrinsic and intrinsic rewards, such as increased sense of self-worth and recognition. The analysis of this Serious leisure culture highlights how this subculture was subsequently adopted by larger YouTube communities.

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confidence: 99%