Melissa Kagen

Wandering Games

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"In an increasingly hectic world, walking simulators provide a chance for a meditative online experience. Wandering Games will be the first book to explore this genre"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 151mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780262544245
• ISBN-10: 0262544245
• Artikelnr.: 64223172

Autorenporträt

Melissa Kagen

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments vii
1 Introduction 1
2 Late Capitalism: Caring for Corpses in Return of the Obra Dinn 29
3 Romantic Precarity: Eastshade as a Fantasy of Work 45
4 Walking in Circles: Bodily Constraints in Ritual of the Moon 65
5 Traveling Through: Decentering the Explorer in 80 Days 85
6 Language Worlds: Empire and Undoing in Heaven's Vault 103
7 After Life: Death Stranding and The Last of Us Part II 121
8 Conclusion 137
Notes 143
Bibliography 173
Ludography 195
Filmography 197
Index 199