What is the Avatar?
Author | : Rune Klevjer |
Publisher | : transcript Verlag |
Total Pages | : 243 |
Release | : 2022-10-31 |
ISBN-10 | : 9783839445792 |
ISBN-13 | : 3839445795 |
Rating | : 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Download or read book What is the Avatar? written by Rune Klevjer and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2022-10-31 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 Günzel, Jörg Sternagel, and Dieter Mersch.