Vol. 17 No. 1 (2026): Party Studies in Games Studies

Guest edited by Leland Masek and Jaakko Stenros.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.7557/ejcgc.2026.v17i1

Published: 2026-09-30

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Introduction

• Introduction to party studies

  Leland Masek, Jaakko Stenros

  1-10

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Articles

• The (drop) party revolution Egalitarianism, communitas, and control in Jagex’s RuneScape

  Ash Rezvani

  11-32

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• Getting high in hi-tech settings Playful representations of partying in the Mass Effect 3 DLC Citadel mission: ‘Party’

  Tim Timvig, Carl-Erik Engqvist

  33-60

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• Party of two at a fraternity party! Or boundaries of co-play in a duoethnography of Fallout 76

  Matilda Ståhl, Fredrik Rusk

  61-83

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• Get on the party line Parties, games, and work at Mattel Electronics in the early 1980s

  Tom Boellstorff, Braxton Soderman

  85-114

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• “Those people are my people” Safety at game industry events in Finland

  Taina Myöhänen

  115-140

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• “We poke the body and see what happens…” How do people manage expectations in transformative parties, festivals, and retreats?

  Aska Mayer, Velvet Spors, J. Tuomas Harviainen

  141-172

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