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Yet these representations, as Alenda Chang (2011) has noted, \"commit at least one if not all of the following missteps in their realization of in-game environments: relegating environment to background scenery, relying on stereotyped landscapes, and predicating player success on extraction and use of natural resources\" (58) . In other words, the flora and fauna players find are often reduced to non-interactive set pieces, thereby stripping actions of the ecological and environmental impact they could have. Despite these problems, ecocritical approaches to digital games have sought to re-assert the significance of connections between game ecologies and their environmental representations by tracing cultural associations (Bianchi, Barton), and by investigating problems with materiality and waste (Apperley and Jayemanne) . This essay builds on these approaches by considering “modding,” short for “modifications,”as an area for ecocritical intervention in the flattening of games' environmental representations. Specifically, this essay examines the thriving environmental modding communities around Bethesda Softworks’ The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim. Although some of the mods released for Skyrim emphasize visual enhancements, others re-connect players to the game’s ecology and environment in meaningful ways.  \nKeywords: Digital games, mods, ecomedia, ecocriticism.  \nResumen  \nComo los sistemas que modelan las relaciones complejas, los juegos digitales animan a los jugadores a restablecer el “pensamiento ecológico” de Morton por medio de las acciones que los jugadores llevan a cabo dentro del mundo del juego. Pero estas representaciones, como Alenda Chang (2011) comenta, “cometen al menos uno de los errores en sus realizaciones de los entornos dentro del juego: relegando al medio ambiente al escenario del fondo, dependiendo de paisajes estereotipados, y afirmando el éxito del jugador en la extracción y uso de recursos naturales” (58) . En otras palabras, la flora y fauna que se encuentran los jugadores a menudo quedan reducidas a piezas establecidas no-interactivas, de esta forma desmontando de las acciones el impacto ecológico y medioambiental que podrían tener. A pesar deestos problemas, el enfoque ecocrítico a los juegos digitales ha buscado reafirmar la importancia de las conexiones entre las ecologías del juego y sus representaciones medioambientales trazando asociaciones culturales (Bianchi, Varton); e investigando los problemas sobre materialidad y basura (Apperley and Jayemanne) . Este ensayo surge de estos enfoques considerando el “modding”, abreviatura de“modificaciones”, como una zona para intervención ecocrítica en la simplificación de las representaciones medioambientales de los juegos. En concreto, este ensayo examina las florecientes comunidades demodding medioambientales en torno a The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim de Bethesda Softworks. Aunque algunos de los mods lanzados enfatizan las mejoras visuales, otros reconectan a los jugadores con la ecología y medioambiente del juego de formas significativas.  \nPalabras clave: Juegos digitales, mods, ecomedia, ecocrítica.  \nVol 8, No 2  \n©Ecozon@ 2017 ISSN 2171-9594 72  \nAuthor: Bohunicky, Matthew, Name Title: Ecomods: An Ecocritical Approach to Game Modification  \nAs ecocriticism branches out to a variety of media including comics and animation, television, and online social networks, scholars have also begun to address the environmental and ecological implications of digital games. 1 Digital games have been presented as media promoting an ecological conscio","cbCaidGvU1rISsbh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidGvU1rISsbh","pdf",592095,"English","# Abstract\n# Keywords\n# Ecocritical foundation in digital games\n# Ecological missteps in game environments\n# Modding as ecocritical intervention\n# Case focus: Skyrim modding communities","[{\"question\":\"How do digital games encourage ecological thinking?\",\"answer\":\"They can encourage players to enact Morton’s “ecological thought” through actions performed within the game world, linking ecological ideas to gameplay experience.\"},{\"question\":\"What major problems do ecocritical studies identify in game environmental representations?\",\"answer\":\"They often reduce the environment to background scenery, rely on stereotyped landscapes, and tie success to the extraction and use of natural resources, making nature non-interactive.\"},{\"question\":\"Why does the essay focus on modding for ecocritical intervention?\",\"answer\":\"It treats “modding” as a space to challenge the flattening of environmental representations, examining how Skyrim’s mod communities reconnect players to the game’s ecology meaningfully.\"}]","Ecomods - An Ecocritical Approach to Game Modification | PDF",1790028214,6]