Exploring Multiplayer Gameplay and Narrative Involvement in Video Games

The chapter delves into the complexities of multiplayer gameplay in video games, including player interactions, representation, and storytelling mechanisms such as guilds and trading. It also discusses the concept of alter biography in gaming experiences, subjective distance between players and characters, and the construction of beauty in games. The chapter further explores the interaction between players and game rules, the distinction between free play and rule-based play, and the concept of unlimited play as an ideological fiction.