T�tulo: What Is the Avatar?: Fiction and Embodiment in Avatar-Based Singleplayer Computer Games. Revised and Commented Edition (Paperback or Softback)
Editor: Transcript Publishing 10/27/2022
Fecha de publicaci�n: 2022
Idioma: Ingl�s
ISBN 10: 3837645797
ISBN 13: 9783837645798
Encuadernaci�n: Paperback or Softback
Estado: New
Tipo de libro: Book

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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 G�nzel, J�rg Sternagel, and Dieter Mersch.

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Stephan G�nzel (Prof. Dr.) lehrt Medien- und Kulturtheorie an der University of Europe (Berlin). J�rg Sternagel (Dr. phil. habil.) arbeitet als Akademischer Rat am Lehrstuhl f�r Medienkulturwissenschaft mit dem Schwerpunkt Digitale Kulturen an der Universit�t Passau. Er ist Mitglied im Beirat der Deutschen Gesellschaft f�r �sthetik. Seine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Alterit�t, Bildlichkeit, Medialit�t und Performativit�t. Dieter Mersch, Emeritierter Professor f�r �sthetik und Theorie an der Z�rcher Hochschule der K�nste und bis 2021 Pr�sident der Deutschen Gesellschaft f�r �sthetik.

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