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What is the Avatar?
Fiction and Embodiment in Avatar-Based Singleplayer Computer Games. Revised and Commented Edition
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ISBN 978-3-8376-4579-8
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Buch. Softcover
2022
1 s/w-Abbildung.
In englischer Sprache
Umfang: 242 S.
Format (B x L): 14,8 x 22,5 cm
Gewicht: 381
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ISBN: 978-3-8376-4579-8
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Das Werk ist Teil der Reihe: Game Studies; 3
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What are the characteristic features of avatar-based singleplayer videogames, from Super Mario Bros. to Grand Theft Auto? Rune Klevjer examines this question with a particular focus on issues of fictionality and realism, and their relation to cinema and Virtual Reality. Through close-up analysis and philosophical discussion, Klevjer argues that avatar-based gaming is a distinctive and dominant form of virtual self-embodiment in digital culture. This book is a revised edition of Rune Klevjer's pioneering work from 2007, featuring a new introduction by the author and afterword by Stephan Günzel, Jörg Sternagel, and Dieter Mersch.
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