Pornographic Games on Steam: Genres, Modes, and Milieus

Petri Lankoski & Tanja Välisalo In Proceedings of DiGRA 2023, Authorative version at http://www.digra.org/dl/ © 2023 Authors & Digital Games Research Association DiGRA. Personal and educational classroom use of this paper is allowed, commercial use requires specific permission from the author. ABSTRACT Pornographic games have historically been distributed outside of mainstream channels. Steam, in 2018,Continue reading “Pornographic Games on Steam: Genres, Modes, and Milieus”

Platform-produced Heteronormativity: A Content Analysis of Adult Videogames on Patreon

Petri Lankoski, Thomas Apperley, J. Tuomas Harvianen Games and Culture, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/15554120221084453 (CC By) Abstract This article examines the prominent role of Patreon in the rapidly growing sector of crowdfunded pornographic games. Recent research has indicated that, on average, more people (patrons) are funding pornographic digital games on Patreon than other (non-adult) digital games. Graphtreon’s ‘TopContinue reading “Platform-produced Heteronormativity: A Content Analysis of Adult Videogames on Patreon”

Patreon and Porn Games: Crowdfunding Games, Reward Categories and Backstage Passes

Petri Lankoski & Mikolaj Dymek In DiGRA 2020 conference proceedings. The definitive version will be on DiGRA digital library. Abstract Patreon is a crowdfunding platform where pornographic games are funded; even the most successful game developer in terms of the number of members is developing a pornographic game. We looked at 42 developers and theirContinue reading “Patreon and Porn Games: Crowdfunding Games, Reward Categories and Backstage Passes”