@incollection{Sotamaa2021d,

title = {Game Developers Playing Games: Instrumental Play, Game Talk, and Preserving the Joy of Play},

author = {Olli Sotamaa},

editor = {Olli Sotamaa and Jan Švelch },

url = {https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47043},

doi = {10.5117/9789463725439_ch05},

isbn = {978-9463725439},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-03-18},

booktitle = {Game Production Studies},

pages = {103-122},

publisher = {Amsterdam University Press},

abstract = {Critical studies of the global game industry have shown how employment in game companies is often advertised as a chance to get paid for playing games. The same love of games that often brings people to the game industry also places them at a disadvantage when negotiating the terms and conditions of work. Drawing from fourteen in-depth interviews conducted with game industry representatives, the chapter traces the different roles and functions playing games has for game developers and how working in a game studio changes their playing habits over time. Developers appear aware of the trade-offs associated with playing games as part of their work and apply various strategies to preserve the joy and relevance of play},

keywords = {Creative labour, Game industry, Game talk, Instrumental play, Leisure, Playful office},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {incollection}

}