GAME CULTURE- Busenur Ersöz-200527138

Gaming culture is the set of customs, symbols, traditions and norms that have emerged around the shared experience of video games. Gaming is a large culture as a significant percentage of the world population of play video games on a regular basis and this ratio is increasing day by day. The video game industry has seen enormous technological and cultural transformation in just a few decades, and the pace of transformation is only increasing. We can say the main reason of this pace is the fact that game industry is like a alive. The game industry is affected from their environment, it cares the feedbacks, and it shapes its design according to these. Etiquette, norms, cultural things, social status, lifestyles are factors that effected to games.

Over time, watching games instead of playing has also turned into a culture. People started watching people playing video games. The games, which were started to be watched on some mobile applications or websites before, started to be watched live in the stadiums over time. Today, matches taking place between the best players on popular games like Fortnite and League of Legends are broadcast live to millions, while thousands fill stadiums to cheer on their favorite gamers. The thought would’ve been unimaginable just three decades earlier when gamers would gather en masse at local arcades and the internet wouldn’t be a thing for years yet.

In conclusion, video games have achieved sufficient cultural relevance over the last decade, thanks in part to the e-sports industry's quick expansion. Video games have evolved with the millennial generation, becoming a cultural touchstone, and extended their relevance far beyond their early years throughout the last decade. No doubt, Gen Z and subsequent generations will grow up as digital natives with an inextricable link to digital gaming.