Player and avatar: the affective potential of videogames
Auteur :
Owen, David
Éditeur :
McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN :
9781476667195
Date de publication :
3 juil. 2017
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,2 cm
Poids :
322 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Explores concepts central to the design and enjoyment of video games, including affect, immersion, liveness, presence, agency, narrative, ideology and the player's virtual surrogate - the avatar. Gamer and avatar are analysed as a cybernetic coupling whose dynamics suggest a fulfilment of dramatist Atonin Artaud's vision of the “body without organsâ€.