Bibliograph

Player and avatar, the affective potential of videogames, David Owen

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Player and avatar, the affective potential of videogames, David Owen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Player and avatar

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bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

David Owen

Series statement

Studies in gaming

Sub title

the affective potential of videogames

Summary

"The author 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 analyzed as a cybernetic coupling whose dynamics suggest a fulfillment of dramatist Atonin Artaud's vision of the "body without organs.""--, Provided by publisher

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Player and Avatar: The Affective Potential of Videogames

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