From the beginning, EA Sports FIFA: Feeling the Game, edited by Raiford Guins, Henry Lowood, and Carlin Wing, indicates its focus—to discuss the physical, mental, and emotional experiences of the players of the EA Sports FIFA video game series. The book's analyses of the series are intentionally spread across several disciplinary fields, such as game studies, women's and gender studies, sociology, computer science, and economics. With its multi-perspective design, the book pursues its aim by beginning with constructive criticisms of the flawed representation practices that EA Sports FIFA exhibits, continuing with an overview of the relationship between EA Games and its fan community, and concluding with the personal benefits to players that the series provides.
The book starts by addressing the problematic representation practices of FIFA. In the chapter “Ritualized Exclusion, Limited Inclusion: Virtual Representations of Women's Football,” Michael Pennington notes women's exclusion from FIFA follows a long...
