Playing Dystopia : Nightmarish Worlds in Video Games and the Player's Aesthetic Response

Playing Dystopia Nightmarish Worlds in Video Games and the Player's Aesthetic Response

Video games permeate our everyday existence. They immerse players in fascinating gameworlds and exciting experiences, often inviting them in various ways to reflect on the enacted events. Gerald Farca explores the genre of dystopian video games and the player's aesthetic response to their nigh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Farca, Gerald (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2018
Bielefeld : [2018]
Edition:1st ed
Series:Bild und Bit. Studien zur digitalen Medienkultur
Subjects:
Video Games; Utopia; Dystopia; Science Fiction; Culture; Phenomenology; Media; Computer Games; Media Aesthetics; Digital Media; Sociology of Technology; Media Studies;
Computer Games.
Culture.
Digital Media.
Dystopia.
Media Aesthetics.
Media Studies.
Media.
Phenomenology.
Science Fiction.
Sociology of Technology.
Utopia.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009794039006719
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Summary:Video games permeate our everyday existence. They immerse players in fascinating gameworlds and exciting experiences, often inviting them in various ways to reflect on the enacted events. Gerald Farca explores the genre of dystopian video games and the player's aesthetic response to their nightmarish gameworlds. Players, he argues, will gradually come to see similarities between the virtual dystopia and their own ›offline‹ environment, thus learning to stay wary of social and political developments. In his analysis, Farca draws from a variety of research fields, such as literary theory and game studies, combining them into a coherent theory of aesthetic response to dystopian games.
»Farca ist ein Grundlagenwerk des Computerspiel(en)s gelungen, das Strukturen des Spiels mit den Aktivitäten der Spieler verbindet.« Lothar Mikos, tv diskurs, 1 (2020) Besprochen in: gmk-Newsletter, 9 (2019)
Physical Description:1 online resource (435 pages)
Issued also in print
ISBN:9783839445976

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