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Mixed Reality and Games – Theoretical and Practical Approaches in Game Studies and Education
Videogames allow us to immerse ourselves in worlds that are reflective of cultural phenomena. At the same time, games are in the process of occupying and utilising the real world …
Moving Images – Mediating Migration as Crisis
In recent years, spectacular images of ruined boats, makeshift border camps, and beaches littered with life vests have done much to consolidate the politics of movement in Europe. …
On Desire – Positions of Time–Based and Immersive Arts
Desire indicates phenomena that are implicated in a productive ambiguity. These phenomena associate basic elements of human coexistence, while also referencing complex social …
Ludotopia – Spaces, Places, and Territories in Computer Games
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 …
Narrative Mechanics – Strategies and Meanings in Games and Real Life
What do stories in games have in common with political narratives? This book identifies narrative strategies as mechanisms for meaning and manipulation in games and real life. It …
Games and Rules – Game Mechanics for the "Magic Circle"
Why do we play games and why do we play them on computers? The contributors of "Games and Rules" take a closer look at the core of each game and the motivational system that is the …
Games and Bereavement – How Video Games Represent Attachment, Loss, and Grief
How can videogames portray love and loss? Games and Bereavement answers this question by looking at five videogames and carrying out a participatory design study with grievers. …
Migrating Through the Web
How to study a media object on the web that is at the same time a documentary, a reportage, and a game which combines both fiction and non-fiction elements? Nicole Braida digs into …
Reading 'Black Mirror' – Insights into Technology and the Post–Media Condition
Very few contemporary television programs provoke spirited responses quite like the dystopian series Black Mirror. This provocative program, infamous for its myriad apocalyptic …
Sensing and Making Sense – Photosensitivity and Light–to–Sound Translations in Media Art
Through a genealogy of photosensitive elements in media devices and artworks, this book investigates three dichotomies that impoverish debates and proposals in media art: …