10.18453/rosdok_id00005768 Vawter, Laura Laura Vawter University of Rostock 2026 400 Language, Linguistics 420 English 793 Indoor games & amusements 2026 en https://purl.uni-rostock.de/rosdok/id00005768 urn:nbn:de:gbv:28-rosdok_id00005768-8 This data is connected to the named paper investigating the characteristics of gaming language, the nature of its complexity, and its relationship to player interaction and player experiences. This paper adapts a multi-model lexical analysis framework found in Digital Humanities to the exploration of the semiotic nature of lexemes found in gaming scenarios in live gaming sessions of five selected titles. The analysis highlights the complexity of isolating tokens indicative of game events, objects, characters, and environment in virtual spaces, and the actions of players within those spaces. Lexeme frequency, word class, semantic field, and semantic tags of the isolated tokens are discussed and presented using data visualization techniques. The relationship between the nature of player interactions, player backgrounds, and language practices is also discussed. The results of the analysis highlight the necessity of interdisciplinary, multi-layered lexical analysis of player experience and virtual gaming spaces.