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Computer Games as a Sociocultural Phenomenon

Games Without Frontiers - War Without Tears

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  • © 2008

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  1. Andreas Jahn-Sudmann

    1. Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany

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  2. Ralf Stockmann

    1. Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
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  2. Game Design and Aesthetics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Aesthetic Vocabulary of Video Games

      • Joost van Dreunen
      Pages 3-11

    3. Can Games Get Real? A Closer Look at ‘Documentary’ Digital Games

      • Ian Bogost, Cindy Poremba
      Pages 12-21

    4. Emotional Design of Computer Games and Fiction Films

      • Doris C. Rusch
      Pages 22-31

    5. ‘Applied Game Theory’: Innovation, Diversity, Experimentation in Contemporary Game Design

      • Henry Jenkins, Kurt Squire
      Pages 32-44

  5. Ethics and Morality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
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    2. Player in Fabula: Ethics of Interaction as Semiotic Negotiation Between Authorship and Readership

      • Massimo Maietti
      Pages 99-107

    3. ‘Moral Management’: Dealing with Moral Concerns to Maintain Enjoyment of Violent Video Games

      • Christoph Klimmt, Hannah Schmid, Andreas Nosper, Tilo Hartmann, Peter Vorderer
      Pages 108-118

    4. Beyond Good and Evil: The Inhuman Ethics of Redemption and Bloodlines

      • Will Slocombe
      Pages 119-128

  6. Politics and Ideology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 129-129
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    2. Preconscious Apocalypse: The Failure of Capitalism in Computer Games

      • Sven O. Cavalcanti
      Pages 131-139

    3. Borders and Bodies in City of Heroes: (Re)imaging American Identity Post 9/11

      • Nowell Marshall
      Pages 140-149
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About this book

Internationally renowned media and literature scholars, social scientists, game designers and artists explore the cultural potential of computer games in this rich anthology, which introduces the latest approaches in the central fields of game studies and provides an extensive survey of contemporary game culture.

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'The book is an excellent option for everyone interested in cultural criticism and/or videogames to get an overview of the subject...the contributors have excellent insights into both the current literature, as well as the most important discussions related to their specific field of interest. ' - Kulturkapellet

Editors and Affiliations

  • Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany

    Andreas Jahn-Sudmann, Ralf Stockmann

About the editors

PETER BERGER is a software developer for Apple IAN BOGOST is Assostant Professor of Digital Media, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA JEFFREY P. CAIN is Associate Professor of English, Sacred Heart University, USA SVEN O. CAVALCANTI is at the Institute for Sociology and Social Psychology, Hanover University, Germany DEAN CHAN is Research Fellow, School of Communications and Contemporary Arts, Edith Cowan University, Australia JOOST VAN DREUNEN is at Columbia University, USA LYNDA DYSON is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, UK MAIA ENGELI is Assistant Professor, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University, Canada TILO HARTMANN is Research Assistant, Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland CLAUDIA HERBST is Associate Professor, Department of Digital Art, Pratt Institute, USA HENRY JENKINS is the Deflorz Profesor of Humanities and the Co-Director of the Comparative Media Studies Program, MIT, USA CHRISTOPH KLIMMT is Research Assistant, Hanover University of Music and Drama, Germany DEAN LOCKWOOD is Senior Lecturer in Media Theory, University of Lincoln HENRY LOWOOD is Curator for History of Science and Technology Collections, Stanford University, USA MASSIMO MAIETTI is a researcher in the field of semiotics of interactive media NOWELL MARSHALL is at the University of California, Riverside, USA ANDREAS NOSPER is Project Manager for the media and marketing consulting agency Aserto in Hanover, Germany CINDY POREMBA is a digital media theorist working at Montreal's Concordia University, Canada DAPHNÉE RENTFROW is at Brown University, USA TONY RICHARDS teaches video and new media theory at University of Lincoln DORIS C. RUSCH is fellow at the Institute for Design and Assessment of Technology, Vienna University of Technology, Austria HANNAH SCHMID is a research executive at the market research company Synovate in Munich, Germany WILL SLOCOMBE is Lecturer in Twentieth-Century Literatuve, University of Wales, UK KURT SQUIRE is Assistant Professor of Educational Comunicatons and Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA PETER VORDERER is Professor of Communication and Psychology, Annenberg School for Communication and Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, USA

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