{"id":1112,"date":"2026-08-07T11:50:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T07:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enlaciutat.es\/wordpress\/?p=1112"},"modified":"2026-08-07T12:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T08:00:06","slug":"gaming-in-the-metaverse-published-in-the-journal-of-digital-media-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enlaciutat.es\/wordpress\/?p=1112","title":{"rendered":"Gaming in the Metaverse. Published in the \u00a0Journal of Digital Media & Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Gaming in the Metaverse: Digital rights, media ecologies and the discourses of digital games<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Has been published in the Journal of Digial Media and Policy special issue: Metaverse Futures: Policy, Power and the Digital Media Landscape. <\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Sandra Alvaro and \u00a0Mar\u00eda Ar\u00e1nzazu P\u00e9rez-Indaverea (2026). Gaming in the Metaverse: Digital rights, media ecologies and the discourses of digital games. Journal of Digital Media & Policy,\u00a0Volume 17, Issue Metaverse Futures: Policy, Power, and the Digital Media Landscape, Jun 2026, p. 239 – 258. DOI:<\/strong>\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1386\/jdmp_00206_1<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Abstract:<\/strong> Video games are among the main entry points to the Metaverse and offer a glimpse of its possible realization, thereby serving as a useful arena for discussing and anticipating policy frameworks. This article analyses three well-known and diverse metaversal games \u2013\u00a0Fortnite<\/em>,\u00a0Minecraft<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Guild Wars 2<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 at two levels. At the surface, the analysis focuses on the narratives that unfold across interaction while transmitting values and shaping the gamer\u2019s subjectivities in forms that transcend the game arena. At a more infrastructural level, we analyse the terms of service, which coalesce from the companies\u2019 histories and their efforts to balance economic profit and fair participation. This analysis aims to explore a series of issues contemplated in the EU Declaration of Digital Rights and Principles and identified in the previous review of grey literature produced by governmental or well-established non-governmental institutions. From a humanities perspective on Metaverse policy, this article considers metaversal games as potential participatory spaces for collectively proposing a more ethical and diverse Metaverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Keywords: cultural narratives;\u00a0digital sovereignty;\u00a0entertainment platforms;\u00a0ethics;\u00a0game aesthetics;\u00a0immersive environments;\u00a0video games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gaming in the Metaverse: Digital rights, media ecologies and the discourses of digital games Has been published in the Journal of Digial Media and Policy special issue: Metaverse Futures: Policy, Power and the Digital Media Landscape. Sandra Alvaro and \u00a0Mar\u00eda Ar\u00e1nzazu P\u00e9rez-Indaverea (2026). Gaming in the Metaverse: Digital rights, media ecologies and the discourses of … <\/p>\n

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