Identidad visual y gambling en el ecosistema de cajas botín del videojuego counter-strike

  1. Mejías Martínez , Guillermo
  2. Roberts Martínez, Marion
  3. Cuesta Cambra, Ubaldo
Journal:
VISUAL REVIEW: International Visual Culture Review / Revista Internacional de Cultura Visual

ISSN: 2695-9631

Year of publication: 2024

Issue Title: Special issue: "Audiovisual content in the new era of screens and mobile devices"

Volume: 16

Issue: 3

Type: Article

DOI: 10.62161/REVVISUAL.V16.5266 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

This work analyzes the visual culture, understood as the set of images, game mechanics and marketing strategies of the Counter-Strike loot boxes ecosystem. The analysis exposes the risk posed by the whitewashing that the visual culture linked to this ecosystem provides to these practices, as well as the use of casino game mechanics in a video game to which minors have access. The paper concludes by highlighting how visual identity can play a significant role in mitigating or exacerbating the impact of these practices on vulnerable populations.

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