Influence of the exercise intensity during EA Sport Active 2 on physiology and psychology variables by Vinicius Damasceno, David Gomes, Maria Melo, Danilo Edson De Souza, Reginaldo Gonçalves, Lucas Santos, Bruna Costa, André Santos, Brett Dolezal, Eduardo Campos, Tony Santos

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Livin’ Da Dream? Playing Black, Illusions of Meritocracy, and Narrative Constraints in Sports Video Game Story Modes by Michael Fuchs

“…This article discusses sports video game story modes in Fight Night Champion (EA Canada, 2011), a boxing game, NBA 2K16 (Visual Concepts, 2015), a basketball game, and the story that stretches across Madden NFL 18 (EA Tiburon, 2017) and Madden NFL 19 (EA Tiburon, 2018), EA Sports’ annual football series. Focusing on African American athletes, the stories tap into the utopianism of sports and suggest that anyone, irrespective of skin color, can make it in America. …”
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Perspectives of eFootball Players and Staff Members Regarding the Effects of Esports on Health: A Qualitative Study by Ana Monteiro Pereira, Caroline Bolling, Phil Birch, Pedro Figueiredo, Evert Verhagen, João Brito

“…Ten semi-structured interviews were performed with members of the Portuguese FIFA (i.e. FIFA EA Sports®) eFootball National team (i.e. five elite electronic football players, one world-class electronic football player, two national team coaches, and two members of the esports department). …”
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