The Reinvention of Hardcore: Authenticity and Identity Among Korean "Real" Gamers

Authors

  • Tae-Jin Yoon
  • Dowon Seo
  • Kyunghyuk Lee

Keywords:

real gamers, hardcore gamers, gamer identity, online gaming community, post-pandemic korean game culture

Abstract

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Published

2026-06-16

Bibtex

@Conference{digra2980, title ="The Reinvention of Hardcore: Authenticity and Identity Among Korean 'Real' Gamers", year = "2026", author = "Yoon, Tae-Jin and Seo, Dowon and Lee, Kyunghyuk", publisher = "DiGRA", address = "Tampere", howpublished = "\url{https://dl.digra.org/index.php/dl/article/view/2980}", booktitle = "Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2026"}

Proceedings

2026: Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2026

Section

Papers

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