The Sociology of Video Games in Contemporary Society

The primary objective of this study is that there is a growing and consolidating video game ethos that permeates our society and serves as a valuable prism by the means of which we may examine broader sociological issues in contemporary society. Video games are therefore understood as a manifestation of life and culture in contemporaneity. Thus, this paper not only contributes to our understanding of video games as experience, culture, and socio-technical assemblage, but also to our understanding of contemporary social issues such as work, education, culture, agency, power, experience, empathy, and identity. The paper examines complicated concepts affecting current society via the lens of video game culture, rendering them more concrete and approachable. Additionally, this paper incorporates a number of essential concepts and ideas that are regularly used in research on video games but are rarely completely developed in terms of their significance, meaning, or application. Thus, the study expands the boundaries of game studies by exploring new theoretical and methodological frameworks for the examination of neo-liberalistic, participatory culture, escapism and instant gratification of videogames