'Playing' with Gay Sex: Exploring Sexual Play in Queer Pornographic Video Games Through Sexual Scripting

“玩”同性恋：通过性脚本探索酷儿色情视频游戏中的性游戏

• 批准号: 2589560
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Birmingham City University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2589560
• 关键词: Playing; Gay; Sex; Exploring; Sexual

This research explores sexual play within queer pornographic video games through sexual scripting - a concept prescribing sexual conducts or 'rules' of sex (Marshall et al., 2018: 16) - focusing on mechanics and in-game elements using pornography for player pleasure. Play progresses through 'rules' limiting the player (Salen and Zimmerman, 2004); Queerness challenge these structures through critiquing powers shaping LGBTQ+ subjects within play contexts (Ruberg, 2018: 544-545). Investigating sexual play in queer porn games explores complexities of play and navigation of sexual identities (representation and physical) within power structures. Sexual play is action motivated towards satisfying individual desires (Paasonen, 2018). This can explore player sexual agency as contested as in-game parameters may define their behaviours and pleasure. Now, gaming adopts elements of sex and pornography as play features (Lauteria and Wysocki, 2015: 1-2). Considering these as structures building pleasure, exploring queer sexual play in these games may indicate transformative experiences (Salen and Zimmerman, 2004; Tanenbaum and Tanenbaum, 2015) or transgressive, rejecting "implied players" (Aarseth, 2007; Jorgensen and Karlsen, 2018).While locating other PC games to explore through websites Steam and Itch.io, the project currently analyses:- Hurt Me Plenty (Robert Yang, n.d.)- The Sims 4 (Maxis, 2014)- Coming Out on Top (Obscurasoft, 2014)- Full Service (Mazjojo Productions, 2020)Project Research Questions:- How can sexual conduct/practice be enforced through game boundaries?- How can virtual/physical spaces restrict player sexual behaviour?- How are homoerotic gazes fixed to sexualise gay men in gaming?- How does this sexualisation arise from gay porn iconographies?Using secondary literature, the project will critically analyse in-game elements through semiotic and contextual approaches, focusing on explicit character constructions and play mechanics. This aims to explore sexual play as socially determined from a researcher's perspective. The qualitative discussion will then be analysed alongside autoethnography and online discussion threads (generated on Reddit) describing players' emotional responses regarding these games and features.

这项研究通过性脚本来探索同性恋色情视频游戏中的性游戏--性脚本是一个规定性行为或性规则的概念(马歇尔等人，2018：16)--重点关注利用色情来取悦玩家的机制和游戏中的元素。游戏通过限制玩家的“规则”来进行(Salen和Zimmerman，2004)；酷儿通过批评权力在游戏环境中塑造LGBTQ+主题来挑战这些结构(Ruberg，2018：544-545)。调查同性恋色情游戏中的性游戏探索了游戏的复杂性和权力结构中性别身份(表征和身体)的导航。性游戏是为了满足个人欲望而采取的行动(Paasonen，2018)。这可以探索玩家的性行为，就像游戏中的参数可能定义他们的行为和快乐一样有争议。现在，游戏使用性和色情元素作为游戏特征(Lauteria and Wysocki，2015：1-2)。考虑到这些是建立快乐的结构，在这些游戏中探索酷儿的性游戏可能意味着变革性的经历(Salen和Zimmerman，2004；Tanenbaum和Tanenbaum，2015)或越轨，拒绝“隐含的玩家”(Aarseth，2007；Jorgensen和Karlsen，2018)。当通过STeam和Itch.io网站定位其他电脑游戏进行探索时，该项目目前分析：-《多伤我》(Robert Yang，N.D.)-《模拟人生4》(The Sims 4，Maxis，2014)-出柜(Obscurasoft，2014)-全方位服务(Mazjojo Productions，2020)项目研究问题：-如何通过游戏边界强制实施性行为/实践？-虚拟/物理空间如何限制玩家的性行为？-同性恋凝视是如何固定的，以使男同性恋者在游戏中性别化？-这种性别化是如何从同性恋色情肖像中产生的？使用二手文献，使用二手文献，该项目将通过符号学和语境方法对游戏中的元素进行批判性分析，重点放在明确的角色结构和游戏机制上。这项研究的目的是从研究者的角度探索性游戏作为社会决定的游戏。然后，定性的讨论将与自我人种学和在线讨论线程(在Reddit上生成)一起分析，描述玩家对这些游戏和功能的情绪反应。