How do gender and sexuality come to matter in online game cultures? This book is about female players' passionate encounters within the online game World of Warcraft and its player cultures. Through a "twin ethnography," the authors develop two parallel stories of "straight" versus "queer" cultures of play.

Introduction: Into the Game Jenny Sundén and Malin Sveningsson 1. Go with Your Passion! Malin Sveningsson 2. The More the Merrier! Malin Sveningsson 3. The Straight Game Malin Sveningsson 4. Playing Along Malin Sveningsson 5. Desires at Play Jenny Sundén 6. A Feel of Play Jenny Sundén 7. Coming Home and Coming Out Jenny Sundén 8. A Queer Eye on Transgressive Play Jenny Sundén Closing Chapter: Writing a Twin Ethnography Malin Sveningsson and Jenny Sundén

Jenny Sundén is Associate Professor in the Department of Media Technology at the School of Computer Science and Communication, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.