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In so-called Let’s Plays, video gaming is presented and verbally commented by Let’s Players on the internet for an audience. When only watched but not played, the most attractive features of video games, immersion and interactivity, get lost – at least for the internet audience. We assume that the accompanying reactions (transmitted via a so-called facecam) and verbal comments of Let’s Players on their game for an audience contribute to an embodiment of their avatars which makes watching a video game more attractive. Following an ethnomethodological conversation analytical (EMCA) approach, our paper focusses on two practices of embodying avatars. A first practice is that Let’s Players verbally formulate their actions in the game. By that, they make their experiences and the 'actions' of avatars more transparent. Secondly, they produce response cries (Goffman) in reaction to game events. By that, they enhance the liveliness of their avatars. Both practices contribute to a co-construction of a specific kind of (tele-)presence.
Konstanze Marx/Axel Schmidt (Mannheim) folgen in ihrem Beitrag „Making Let’s Plays watchable - Praktiken des stellvertretenden Erlebbar-Machens von Interaktivität in vorgeführten Video-spielen“ einem - angesichts der Datenqualität multimodal erweiterten - interaktionsanalytischen Ansatz. Dabei wird der Frage nachgegangen, wie die für das Genre konstitutive Ent-Interaktivisierung entschärft wird. Hierfür wird in Sing-le-Let’s Plays die begleitende Moderation zentral gesetzt, in Multi-Let’s Plays die Interaktion zwischen den Beteiligten.