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Parties, partying, and party games in single-player videogames
Södertörn University, School of Natural Sciences, Technology and Environmental Studies, Media Technology.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5247-6807
University of Jyväskylä, Finland.ORCID iD: 0000-0001-8678-4683
2025 (English)In: Conference Proceedings of DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads, Digital Games Research Association , 2025Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

Parties and partying appear in single-player videogames but have been studied little. In this paper, we investigate how parties are used and represented in videogames. In this explorative study, we analyzed 22 games to answer the research question. Parties in games are often intertextual references to film and television as well as to party games in popular culture. The analysis resulted in the following themes: Party as a Backdrop, Party as Space for Social Interaction, Party as a Place to Have Sex (with subthemes Bodies Collide, Party Games as Minigames and Party Games Motivating Sexual Encounters), Party as a Place for Voyeurism, and Organising a Party as a Challenge. 

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Digital Games Research Association , 2025.
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parties, party games, intertextuality, videogames
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URN: urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-57795DOI: 10.26503/dl.v2025i2.2461OAI: oai:DiVA.org:sh-57795DiVA, id: diva2:1981648
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DiGRA 2025: Games at the Crossroads, Valletta, Malta, June 30 – July 4, 2025.
Available from: 2025-07-04 Created: 2025-07-04 Last updated: 2025-10-07Bibliographically approved

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