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A Study on Players' Desire in Cheating Programs of Online Game - Focused on Shooter Games

온라인 게임의 치팅 프로그램에 나타난 플레이어의 욕망 - 슈팅 장르를 중심으로

  • Ahn, Jin-Kyoung (Dept. of Korean-English Culture Contents, Kangnam University)
  • 안진경 (강남대학교 한영문화콘텐츠학과)
  • Received : 2020.07.16
  • Accepted : 2020.08.13
  • Published : 2020.08.20
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Abstract

The purpose of this study is to identify online-game players' desire in cheating programs through Rene Girard's theory of mimetic desire. Cheating programs disrupts the magic circle of the game with denying the lusory attitude that players should have. The cheating players' desires do not go directly to victory, but are mediated by a virtual 'model player' which the rules of the game imply. They are internally mediated, so there is constant conflict in the play. Cheating players' desire to enhance skills by technology is defined as a false desire for transhuman.

본 연구는 온라인 게임의 치팅 프로그램에 나타난 플레이어의 욕망을 르네 지라르의 모방 욕망 이론을 통해 규명하는 데 목적을 둔다. 치팅 프로그램은 게임에 참여하는 플레이어들이 갖춰야 할 유희적 태도를 부정하며 게임의 매직 서클을 교란한다. 분석 결과, 치팅 플레이어들의 욕망은 게임의 규칙이 상정한 가상의 '모델 플레이어'를 통해 매개된다. 둘은 내적 매개의 관계를 이루기에, 치팅 플레이어가 이상적 플레이를 모방하는 과정은 끊임없는 대립과 갈등을 야기한다. 기술의 도움을 통해 향상된 플레이어로서의 자신을 꿈꾸지만 게임이 지닌 실패의 미학을 무너뜨린다는 점에서 치팅 플레이어들의 욕망은 트랜스휴먼을 향한 그릇된 욕망으로 정의된다.

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