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Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies

Critical Approaches to Researching Video Game Play. Sprachen: Englisch. 23,5 cm / 15,7 cm / 2,2 cm ( B/H/T )
Buch (Hardcover), 288 Seiten
EAN 9780739147009
Veröffentlicht September 2010
Verlag/Hersteller Lexington Books

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Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies invites us to examine critical questions about video game play, pleasure, and fantasy from a sociological perspective.

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J. Talmadge Wright is associate professor of sociology at Loyola University-Chicago. David Embrick is assistant professor of sociology at Loyola University-Chicago. Andras Lukacs is a PhD candidate in sociology at Loyola University-Chicago.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 I. Introduction Chapter 2 1. Introduction to Utopic Dreams and Apocalyptic Fantasies Part 3 II. Modern Play and Technology-Defining Digital Play Chapter 4 2. The Transformation of Cultural Play Chapter 5 3. "Is He 'Avin a Laugh?": The Importance of Fun to Virtual Play Studies Chapter 6 4. Capitalism, Contradiction and the Carnivalesque: Alienated Labor vs. Ludic Play Chapter 7 5. Sneaking Mission: Late Imperial America and Metal Gear Solid 8 6. I Blog, Therefore I Am: Virtual Embodiment and the Self 9 III. Marketing Culture and the Video Game Business Chapter 10 7. Marketing Computer Games: Reinforcing or Changing Stereotypes? Chapter 11 8. Censoring Violence in Virtual Dystopia: Issues in the Rating of Videogames in Japan and of Japanese Videogames outside Japan Chapter 12 9. Coding Culture: Video game Localization and the Practice of Mediating Cultural Difference Part 13 IV.Researching Video Game Play Chapter 14 10. Beyond Sheeping the Moon - Methodological Considerations for Critical Studies of Digital Play Chapter 15 11. The Chorus of the Dead: Roles, Identity Formation, and Ritual Processes inside a FPS multiplayer online game Chapter 16 12. The Quantitative/Qualitative Antimony in Virtual World Studies Part 17 V.Summary and Conclusions Chapter 18 13. Virtual Today, Reality Tomorrow: Taking Our Sociological Understanding of Virtual Game play to the Next Level

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