竞争狂热:对“游戏速通”流行的反思与批判

近几年,"游戏速通"作为"准电竞"项目,成为电子游戏领域中的新生潮流。游戏速通是一种以竞速为成绩评价标准的游戏竞赛活动。游戏速通的兴起源于网络直播的兴盛和游戏社区的形成,同时受到不断强化的竞争意识和单一化的社会价值取向这两方面意识形态权力的影响。游戏速通在促进玩家竞技精神的展示方面起到了积极作用,但其带来新的问题,应予以反思和批判。游戏速通以竞赛成绩为唯一目的,导致电子游戏审美意义的消退和规则的异化。它使玩家成为劳动力再生产中的一环,将休闲放松的游戏转变为榨取经济价值的工具。游戏速通对游戏技术和操作的重视导致游戏竞赛象征性的衰败和基本价值的消退。游戏速通表明现代社会正在走向"竞争狂热",是竞争极端化的一个表现。

in recent years,"Game-Speedrun"has shown explosive growth and become a new trend in the field of video games.It’s a competition with speed as the only evaluation standard.Its rise stems from the prosperity of webcast and the formation of game community.At the same time,it is influenced by two aspects of ideological power:the constantly strengthened sense of competition,and the single social value orientation.Game-speedrun has played a positive role in promoting the display of players’competitive spirit,but it brings new problems,which should be criticized.The only purpose of game-speedrun is competition results,which leads to the decline of the aesthetic significance of video games and the alienation of rules.It makes players become a link in the reproduction of labor force and turns the game of leisure and relaxation into a tool to extract economic value.The emphasis on game technology and operation of game-Speedrun leads to the decline of symbolism and basic value of game competition.Game-Speedrun shows that modern society is moving towards"competition craze",which is a manifestation of the extreme competition.