9780262544627 - playing at a distance: borderlands of video game aesthetic von fizek, sonia (5 Ergebnisse)

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - An essential exploration of the video game aesthetic that decenters the human playerrequiring little human actionand challenges what it means to play.Do we play video games or do video games play us Is nonhuman play a mere paradox or the future of gaming And what do video games have to do with quantum theory In Playing at a Distance, Sonia Fizek engages with these and many more daunting questions, forging new ways to think and talk about games and play that decenter the human player and explore a variety of play formats and practices that require surprisingly little human action. Idling in clicker games, wandering in walking simulators, automating gameplay with bots, or simply watching games rather than playing themFizek shows how these seemingly marginal cases are central to understanding how we play in the digital age.Introducing the concept of distance, Fizek reorients our view of computer-mediated play. To "play at a distance," she says, is to delegate the immediate action to the machine and to become participants in an algorithmic spectacle. Distance as a media aesthetic framework enables the reader to come to terms with the ambiguity and aesthetic diversity of play.Drawing on concepts from philosophy, media theory, and posthumanism, as well as cultural and film studies, Playing at a Distance invites a wider understanding of what digital games and gaming are in all their diverse experiences and forms. In challenging the common perception of video games as inherently interactive, the book contributes to our understanding of the computer's influence on practices of playand prods us to think more broadly about what it means to play.…

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Playing at a Distance | Borderlands of Video Game Aesthetic | Sonia Fizek | Taschenbuch | Einband - flex.(Paperback) | Englisch | 2022 | MIT Press | EAN 9780262544627 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. …