The Ludosalus Dissonance of eSports The Ludosalus Dissonance of eSports

The Ludosalus Dissonance of eSports

Discussing the lack of balance between the health of our avatars in game play and the health of our actual selves

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Many of us are familiar with the term “Ludonarrative Dissonance“, a concept coined by Clint Hocking of LucasArts to describe the conflict that can be found in video games in which the narrative or storyline of a video game does not match the actual game play within. In relation to this concept we here at Health eSports are identifying an ever growing “Ludosalus Dissonance”, in which there is an extreme lack of balance between the health of our avatars in game play and the health of our actual selves.
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