Créateurs de jeux vidéo et récits de vie : la formation d’une figure hégémonique

The rising recognition of video game comes with a growing number of books on its history, and its most famous productions, bringing to the light game designers. What politics of representation of the video game designers do these narratives reveal ? Can we identify an hegemonic pattern ? We’ll study the articulation between technological competence and representations of gender, class and race. We’ll then present three emerging alternative representations that challenge the hegemonic representation. Finally, we’ll look at the ways these gendered and racialized representations do articulate with modes of productions, distribution and consumption of video games