Make it Cuddle, Make it Fight, Market it Pink: Virtual Pets and Affective Economies of Gendered Play

Authors

  • Milly Gunn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26503/dl.v2026i4.3066

Keywords:

virtual pets, affective economies, software toys, gender, nostalgia, tamagotchi

Abstract

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Published

2026-06-16

Bibtex

@Conference{digra3066, title ="Make it Cuddle, Make it Fight, Market it Pink: Virtual Pets and Affective Economies of Gendered Play", year = "2026", author = "Gunn, Milly", publisher = "DiGRA", address = "Tampere", howpublished = "\url{https://doi.org/10.26503/dl.v2026i4.3066}", booktitle = "Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2026"}

Proceedings

2026: Abstract Proceedings of DiGRA 2026

Section

Papers

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