“Video games were my first safe space”: queer gaming in the Animal Crossing new horizons LGBTIQA+ community

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• dc.contributor.author Blanco Fernández, Vítor
• dc.contributor.author Moreno, Jose A.
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-10-16T06:57:55Z
• dc.date.available 2023-10-16T06:57:55Z
• dc.date.issued 2023
• dc.description Data de publicació electrónica: 5-10-2023
• dc.description.abstract This article analyses LGBTIQA+ playing experiences of Animal Crossing New Horizons (ACNH). It first surveys LGBTIQA+ players of ACNH, with questions regarding ways of playing, identity, community, and fanfiction practices. It also analyses LGBTIQA+ ACNH YouTube videos, divided into three main categories: design, gaming, and fanfiction. The first category, design, is analyzed quantitatively. The second and third categories follow a qualitative analysis, grouping findings into seven subcategories: (a) decorating, (b) celebrating Pride, (c) counter-gaming, (d) weddings, (e) coming out, (f) self-determination and encouraging discourses, and (g) community building. Explorative results show that, although out-game LGBTIQA+ experiences are necessary for queer self-realization, the in-game experiences of our sample help non-cis-straight identities and communities. They also demonstrate that diversity and intersectionality are fundamental in the ACNH queer community sampled, and that LGBTIQA+ players perform queer counter-gaming: transforming the game's tools and affordances to encourage self-expression.
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• dc.identifier.citation Blanco-Fernández V, Moreno JA. “Video games were my first safe space”: queer gaming in the Animal Crossing new horizons LGBTIQA+ community. Games Cult. 2023. 21 p. DOI: 10.1177/15554120231205638
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1555412023120563
• dc.identifier.issn 1555-4120
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/58069
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher SAGE Publications
• dc.relation.ispartof Games and Culture. 2023. 21 p.
• dc.rights Blanco-Fernández V, Moreno JA. “Video games were my first safe space”: queer gaming in the Animal Crossing new horizons LGBTIQA+ community. Games and Culture. 2023. 21 p. © The Authors 2023. DOI: 10.1177/15554120231205638.
• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.keyword queer
• dc.subject.keyword Animal Crossing
• dc.subject.keyword LGBTIQA+
• dc.subject.keyword playing
• dc.subject.keyword counter-gaming
• dc.title “Video games were my first safe space”: queer gaming in the Animal Crossing new horizons LGBTIQA+ community
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion