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transgressive play: a standalone construct

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Game studies

play that goes against the intentions or rules set by the game's design, such as exploiting bugs, as a form of player resistance.

In game studies, transgressive play refers to play that goes against the intentions or rules set by the game's design, such as exploiting bugs, as a form of player resistance. This meaning comes from Aarseth (2007) in DiGRA Digital Library.[1]

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References

Aarseth, E. (2007). I Fought the Law: Transgressive Play and The Implied Player. DiGRA Digital Library. https://doi.org/10.26503/dl.v2007i1.282

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