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The PlayStation Dreamworld by Alfie Bown: New
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- Book Title
- The PlayStation Dreamworld
- Publication Date
- 2017-11-20
- Pages
- 140
- ISBN
- 9781509518036
- Subject Area
- Games & Activities, Social Science
- Publication Name
- Playstation Dream world
- Item Length
- 7.4 in
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Subject
- Media Studies, Video & Electronic
- Series
- Theory Redux Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6 in
- Item Width
- 4.8 in
- Item Weight
- 5.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 140 Pages
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From mobile phones to consoles to tablets, we are now a generation of gamers. This book dissects the structure of our relationships to all forms of technological entertainment at a time when digital enjoyment has become ubiquitous. Book jacket.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
1509518037
ISBN-13
9781509518036
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237817877
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Playstation Dream world
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Media Studies, Video & Electronic
Series
Theory Redux Ser.
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Games & Activities, Social Science
Number of Pages
140 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.4 in
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Width
4.8 in
Item Weight
5.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2017-010123
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Lc Classification Number
Gv1469.34.S52
Reviews
"The universe of video games and the action they involve us in render perfectly the illusions and antagonisms of our ideological predicament - the popularity of post-apocalyptic games tells it all. But perhaps even more important is the type of subjectivity a gamer has to adopt when immersed into a game: a mixture of extreme engagement and loss of reality, a universe of immortality where actions are indefinitely repeatable. So it is not that we can understand the impact of these games only through the analysis of our social reality - it's also the other way round: to understand how our societies work you have to know video games And Alfie Bown does this at such a high level that he produces an instant classic, a book that everyone who seeks to find a way in our confused social life will have to read. The Playstation Dreamworld is unputdownable, once you start reading it you will get addicted to it... as in a good video game!" Slavoj ÂZiÂzek "If you ever asked yourself what Freud and Lacan would think if they had a chance to play video games, Alfie Bown gives you the answer. As a passionate gamer and a playful philosopher, he succeeds in showing not only why video-games matter but why they might carry subversive potential. This exciting psychoanalysis of video games shows why Pokémon GO and other games were only the beginning of a brave new world." Srecko Horvat From mobile phones to consoles to tablet, we are now a generation of gamers. This book dissects the structure of our relationships to all forms of technological entertainment at a time when digital enjoyment has become ubiquitous. Alfie Bown is Assistant Professor of Literature at HSMC, Hong Kong and co-editor of the Hong Kong Review of Books. "A significant contribution to the debate around virtual reality" TLS, "The universe of video games and the action they involve us in render perfectly the illusions and antagonisms of our ideological predicament - the popularity of post-apocalyptic games tells it all. But perhaps even more important is the type of subjectivity a gamer has to adopt when immersed into a game: a mixture of extreme engagement and loss of reality, a universe of immortality where actions are indefinitely repeatable. So it is not that we can understand the impact of these games only through the analysis of our social reality - it's also the other way round: to understand how our societies work you have to know video games And Alfie Bown does this at such a high level that he produces an instant classic, a book that everyone who seeks to find a way in our confused social life will have to read. The Playstation Dreamworld is unputdownable, once you start reading it you will get addicted to it... as in a good video game!" Slavoj Zizek "If you ever asked yourself what Freud and Lacan would think if they had a chance to play video games, Alfie Bown gives you the answer. As a passionate gamer and a playful philosopher, he succeeds in showing not only why video-games matter but why they might carry subversive potential. This exciting psychoanalysis of video games shows why Pokémon GO and other games were only the beginning of a brave new world." Srecko Horvat From mobile phones to consoles to tablet, we are now a generation of gamers. This book dissects the structure of our relationships to all forms of technological entertainment at a time when digital enjoyment has become ubiquitous. Alfie Bown is Assistant Professor of Literature at HSMC, Hong Kong and co-editor of the Hong Kong Review of Books. "A significant contribution to the debate around virtual reality" TLS
Table of Content
Contents Acknowledgements Note on the Games Tutorial: The Pokémon Generation Level 1. From Farming Simulation to Dystopic Wasteland: Gaming and Capitalism Work and Play - Cultures of Distraction - Pastoral Dystopia, Apocalyptic Utopia - No Alternative Level 2. Dreamwork: Cyborgs on the Analyst's Couch Japanese Dreams, American Texts - The Dreamworld - Repetitions and the Dromena - Immersion and Westworld Level 3. Retro Gaming: The Politics of Former and Future Pleasures 90s Rational Gaming - Virtual/Reality - Subject, Object, Enjoyment - Jouissance in the Arcades Bonus Features: How to be a Subversive Gamer Game Index Endnotes
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2017
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