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Conference Proceedings of The Philosophy of Computer Games 2008

Author : Stephan Günzel
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
ISBN 13 : 3940793493
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Conference Proceedings of The Philosophy of Computer Games 2008 written by Stephan Günzel and published by Universitätsverlag Potsdam. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first volume of the DIGAREC Series holds the proceedings of the conference The Philosophy of Computer Gamesʺ, held at the University of Potsdam from May 8-10, 2008. The contributions of the conference address three fields of computer game research that are philosophically relevant and, likewise, to which philosophical reflection is crucial. These are: ethics and politics, the action-space of games, and the magic circle. All three topics are interlinked and constitute the paradigmatic object of computer games: Whereas the first describes computer games on the outside, looking at the cultural effects of games as well as on moral practices acted out with them, the second describes computer games on the inside, i.e. how they are constituted as a medium. The latter finally discusses the way in which a border between these two realms, games and non-games, persists or is already transgressed in respect to a general performativity.

The Philosophy of Computer Games

Author : John Richard Sageng
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400742495
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophy of Computer Games written by John Richard Sageng and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Computer games have become a major cultural and economic force, and a subject of extensive academic interest. Up until now, however, computer games have received relatively little attention from philosophy. Seeking to remedy this, the present collection of newly written papers by philosophers and media researchers addresses a range of philosophical questions related to three issues of crucial importance for understanding the phenomenon of computer games: the nature of gameplay and player experience, the moral evaluability of player and avatar actions, and the reality status of the gaming environment. By doing so, the book aims to establish the philosophy of computer games as an important strand of computer games research, and as a separate field of philosophical inquiry. The book is required reading for anyone with an academic or professional interest in computer games, and will also be of value to readers curious about the philosophical issues raised by contemporary digital culture.

Clash of Realities 2015/16

Author : Clash of Realities
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839440319
Total Pages : 639 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Clash of Realities 2015/16 written by Clash of Realities and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2017-10-31 with total page 639 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital games as transmedia works of art - Games as social environments - The aesthetics of play - Digital games in pedagogy - Cineludic aesthetics - Ethics in games - these were some of the important and fascinating topics addressed during the international research conference "Clash of Realities" in 2015 and 2016 by more than a hundred international speakers, academics as well as artists. This volume represents the best contributions - by, inter alia, Janet H. Murray, David OReilly, Eric Zimmerman, Thomas Elsaesser, Lorenz Engell, Susana Tosca, Miguel Sicart, Frans Mäyrä, and Mark J.P. Wolf.

Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience

Author : Aaron Marcus
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3642392415
Total Pages : 637 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Design, User Experience, and Usability: Health, Learning, Playing, Cultural, and Cross-Cultural User Experience written by Aaron Marcus and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The four-volume set LNCS 8012, 8013, 8014 and 8015 constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on Design, User Experience, and Usability, DUXU 2013, held as part of the 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2013, held in Las Vegas, USA in July 2013, jointly with 12 other thematically similar conferences. The total of 1666 papers and 303 posters presented at the HCII 2013 conferences was carefully reviewed and selected from 5210 submissions. These papers address the latest research and development efforts and highlight the human aspects of design and use of computing systems. The papers accepted for presentation thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The total of 282 contributions included in the DUXU proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in this four-volume set. The 67 papers included in this volume are organized in the following topical sections: cross-cultural and intercultural user experience; designing for the learning and culture experience; designing for the health and quality of life experience; and games and gamification.

Gaming Culture(s) in India

Author : Aditya Deshbandhu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000082261
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Gaming Culture(s) in India written by Aditya Deshbandhu and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2020-05-13 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume critically analyzes the multiple lives of the "gamer" in India. It explores the "everyday" of the gaming life from the player’s perspective, not just to understand how the games are consumed but also to analyze how the gamer influences the products’ many (virtual) lives. Using an intensive ethnographic approach and in-depth interviews, this volume situates the practice of gaming under a broader umbrella of digital leisure activities and foregrounds the proliferation of gaming as a new media form and cultural artifact; critically questions the term gamer and the many debates surrounding the gamer tag to expand on how the gaming identity is constructed and expressed; details participants’ gaming habits, practices and contexts from a cultural perspective and analyzes the participants’ responses to emerging industry trends, reflections on playing practices and their relationships to friends, communities and networks in gaming spaces; and examines the offline and online spaces of gaming as sites of contestation between developers of games and the players. A holistic study covering one of the largest video game bases in the world, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of cultural studies, media and communication studies and science and technology studies, as well as be of great appeal to the general reader.

Entertainment Computing and Serious Games

Author : Ralf Dörner
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319461524
Total Pages : 549 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (194 download)

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Download or read book Entertainment Computing and Serious Games written by Ralf Dörner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-05 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this book is to collect and to cluster research areas in the field of serious games and entertainment computing. It provides an introduction and gives guidance for the next generation of researchers in this field. The 18 papers presented in this volume, together with an introduction, are the outcome of a GI-Dagstuhl seminar which was held at Schloß Dagstuhl in July 2015.

Ludotopia

Author : Espen Aarseth
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839447305
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Ludotopia written by Espen Aarseth and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-08-31 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where do computer games »happen«? The articles collected in this pioneering volume explore the categories of »space«, »place« and »territory« featuring in most general theories of space to lay the groundwork for the study of spatiality in games. Shifting the focus away from earlier debates on, e.g., the narrative nature of games, this collection proposes, instead, that thorough attention be given to the tension between experienced spaces and narrated places as well as to the mapping of both of these.

Digital Games and Mental Health

Author : Rachel Kowert
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889714616
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Digital Games and Mental Health written by Rachel Kowert and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2021-10-04 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Early Modernity and Video Games

Author : Florian Kerschbaumer
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443862347
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Early Modernity and Video Games written by Florian Kerschbaumer and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-26 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We cannot think of modern society without also thinking of video games. And we cannot think of video games without thinking of history either. Games that deal with history are sold in ever-increasing numbers, striving to create increasingly lively images of things past. For the science of history, this means that the presentation of historical content in such games has to be questioned, as well as the conceptions of history they embody. How do games create the feeling that they portray a past acceptable to their players? Do these popular representations of history intersect with academic narratives, or not? While a considerable body of work on similar questions already exists, both for medieval history as well as for those games dealing with the 20th century, early modernity has not yet been treated in this context. As many games draw their imagery – perhaps their success, too? – from the years between 1450 and 1815, it is to their understanding that this volume is dedicated. The contributions encompass a wide range of subjects and games, from Age of Empires to Assassin’s Creed, from Critical Discourse Analysis to Ludology. One aim unites them, namely an understanding of what happens when video games encounter early modernity.

Playful Virtual Violence

Author : Christoph Bareither
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108873782
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)

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Download or read book Playful Virtual Violence written by Christoph Bareither and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-29 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Violence in video games has been a controversial object of public discourse for several decades. The question of what kind of emotional experiences players enact when playing with representations of physical violence in games has been largely ignored however. Building upon an extensive ethnographic study of players' emotional practices in video games, including participant observation in online games, qualitative interviews, an analysis of YouTube videos and gaming magazines since the 1980s, this Element provides new insights into the complexity and diversity of player experiences and the pleasures of playful virtual violence. Instead of either defending or condemning the players, it contributes foundational, unprejudiced knowledge for a societal and academic debate on a critical aspect of video gaming. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

Transcending Taboos

Author : Garry Young
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415579368
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Transcending Taboos written by Garry Young and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book avoids wrestling with the common question of whether the virtual violation of real-world taboos is right or wrong, and instead provides a theoretical framework that helps us understand why such distinctions are typically made, and explores the psychological impact of violating offline taboos within cyberspace.

The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality

Author : Mark Grimshaw
Publisher : Oxford Handbooks
ISBN 13 : 0199826161
Total Pages : 794 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Virtuality written by Mark Grimshaw and published by Oxford Handbooks. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 794 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is a compendium of thinking on virtuality and its relationship to reality from the perspective of a variety of philosophical and applied fields of study. Topics covered include presence, immersion, emotion, ethics, utopias and dystopias, image, sound, literature, AI, law, economics, medical and military applications, religion, and sex.

Designing Games for Ethics: Models, Techniques and Frameworks

Author : Schrier, Karen
Publisher : IGI Global
ISBN 13 : 160960122X
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Designing Games for Ethics: Models, Techniques and Frameworks written by Schrier, Karen and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2010-12-31 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book brings together the diverse and growing community of voices on ethics in gaming and begins to define the field, identify its primary challenges and questions, and establish the current state of the discipline"--Provided by publisher.

Knowledge Games

Author : Karen Schrier
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421419203
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Knowledge Games written by Karen Schrier and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are games the knowledge-producers of the future? Imagine if new knowledge and insights came not just from research centers, think tanks, and universities but also from games, of all things. Video games have been viewed as causing social problems, but what if they actually helped solve them? This question drives Karen Schrier’s Knowledge Games, which seeks to uncover the potentials and pitfalls of using games to make discoveries, solve real-world problems, and better understand our world. For example, so-called knowledge games—such as Foldit, a protein-folding puzzle game, SchoolLife, which crowdsources bullying interventions, and Reverse the Odds, in which mobile game players analyze breast cancer data—are already being used by researchers to gain scientific, psychological, and humanistic insights. Schrier argues that knowledge games are potentially powerful because of their ability to motivate a crowd of problem solvers within a dynamic system while also tapping into the innovative data processing and computational abilities of games. In the near future, Schrier asserts, knowledge games may be created to understand and predict voting behavior, climate concerns, historical perspectives, online harassment, susceptibility to depression, or optimal advertising strategies, among other things. In addition to investigating the intersection of games, problem solving, and crowdsourcing, Schrier examines what happens when knowledge emerges from games and game players rather than scientists, professionals, and researchers. This accessible book also critiques the limits and implications of games and considers how they may redefine what it means to produce knowledge, to play, to educate, and to be a citizen.

Understanding Machinima

Author : Jenna Ng
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1441124535
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Machinima written by Jenna Ng and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking collection, Dr. Jenna Ng brings together academics and award-winning artists and machinima makers to explore the fascinating combination of cinema, animation and games in machinima (the use of computer game engines to produce animated films in cost- and time-efficient ways). Book-ended by a preface by Henry Lowood (curator for history of science and technology collections at Stanford University) and an interview with Isabelle Arvers (machinima artist, trainer, critic, and curator), the collection features wide-ranging discussions addressing machinima not only from diverse theoretical perspectives, but also in its many dimensions as game art, First Nations media art, documentary, and pedagogical tool. Making use of interactive multimedia to enhance the text, each chapter features a QR code which leads to a mobile website cross-referencing with its print text, integrating digital and print content while also taking into account the portability of digital devices in resonance with machinima's mobile digital forms. Exploring the many dimensions of machinima production and reception, Understanding Machinima extends machinima's critical scholarship and debate, underscoring the exciting potential of this emerging media form.

DIGAREC Lectures 2008/09

Author : Stephan Günzel
Publisher : Universitätsverlag Potsdam
ISBN 13 : 3869560045
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (695 download)

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Download or read book DIGAREC Lectures 2008/09 written by Stephan Günzel and published by Universitätsverlag Potsdam. This book was released on 2009 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Der zweite Band der DIGAREC Series beinhaltet Beiträge der DIGAREC Lectures 2008/09 sowie des Wissenschaftsforums der Deutschen Gamestage 2008 und 2009. Mit Beiträgen von Oliver Castendyk (Erich Pommer Institut), Stephan Günzel mit Michael Liebe und Dieter Mersch (Universität Potsdam), Andreas Lange (Computerspielemuseum Berlin), Ingrid Möller mit Barbara Krahé (Universität Potsdam), Klaus Spieler (Institut für digitale interaktive Kultur Berlin), James Tobias (University of California, Riverside), Stefan Böhme (HBK Braunschweig), Robert Glashüttner (Wien), Sven Jöckel (Universität Erfurt) mit Leyla Dogruel (FU Berlin), Michael Mosel (Universität Marburg), Sebastian Quack (HTW Berlin), Leif Rumbke (Hamburg) und Steffen P. Walz (ETH Zürich).

Immersive Embodiment

Author : Liam Jarvis
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030279715
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Immersive Embodiment written by Liam Jarvis and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a wide-ranging examination of acts of ‘virtual embodiment’ in performance/gaming/applied contexts that abstract an immersant’s sense of physical selfhood by instating a virtual body, body-part or computer-generated avatar. Emergent ‘immersive’ practices in an increasingly expanding and cross-disciplinary field are coinciding with a wealth of new scientific knowledge in body-ownership and self-attribution. A growing understanding of the way a body constructs its sense of selfhood is intersecting with the historically persistent desire to make an onto-relational link between the body that ‘knows’ an experience and bodies that cannot know without occupying their unique point of view. The author argues that the desire to empathize with another’s ineffable bodily experiences is finding new expression in contexts of particular urgency. For example, patients wishing to communicate their complex physical experiences to their extended networks of support in healthcare, or communities placing policymakers ‘inside’ vulnerable, marginalized or disenfranchised virtual bodies in an attempt to prompt personal change. This book is intended for students, academics and practitioner-researchers studying or working in the related fields of immersive theatre/art-making, arts-science and VR in applied performance practices.