Brierley-Beare, Amy 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0675-3268
(2025)
“Congradulations on Owing Me Money!”:
Dispelling the Myth of the Magnanimous
Flipper in Landlord's Super.
In: Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) Australia, 16 January 2025, University of South Australia.
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Abstract
Building-simulation games are becoming increasingly popular in mainstream and indie gaming—particularly ones that encourage the player to take on the role of a landlord. Despite being productive (Pearce 2006) as texts, building simulation predominantly perpetuate neoliberal citizenship, reinforcing the idea that individual responsibility is the only path to personal success (Navarrete-Cardero & VargasIglesias 2018; Mavelli 2022). By understanding how these texts mechanically position player subjectivities we can recognise how works reinforce or disrupt economic hegemonies. Drawing from Keever’s (2022) understanding of games as “arrangements which constitutes their users or players as ‘agents’” This paper builds on the notion that, ideologically, “videogames are sites of production” and understands that game mechanics “…invite players and agents to perform actions that support the construction of engaging stories and fictional worlds” (Dubbelman 2016, 41). Through a textual comparative analysis of two games—House Flipper 2 (2023) and Landlord’s Super (2020)—I unpack the mechanical distinctions that allow for play and critically examines hegemonies within the building simulation genre.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Status: | Published |
| Subjects: | A General Works > AC Collections. Series. Collected works A General Works > AI Indexes (General) A General Works > AZ History of Scholarship The Humanities B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BH Aesthetics H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| School/Department: | School of Humanities |
| URI: | https://ray.yorksj.ac.uk/id/eprint/15067 |
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