Representing Conflicts in Games : Antagonism, Rivalry, and Competition Paperback / softback
Edited by Bjorn (Swedish Defence University, Sweden) Sjoblom, Jonas (SEDU; University of Gothenburg, Sweden) Linderoth, Anders (Swedish Defence University, Sweden) Frank
Part of the Routledge Advances in Game Studies series
Paperback / softback
Description
This book offers an overview of how conflicts are represented and enacted in games, in a variety of genres and game systems.
Games are a cultural form apt at representing real world conflicts, and this edited volume highlights the intrinsic connection between games and conflict through a set of theoretical and empirical studies.
It interrogates the nature and use of conflicts as a fundamental aspect of game design, and how a wide variety of conflicts can be represented in digital and analogue games. The book asks what we can learn from conflicts in games, how our understanding of conflicts change when we turn them into playful objects, and what types of conflicts are still not represented in games.
It queries the way games make us think about armed conflict, and how games can help us understand such conflicts in new ways. Offering a deeper understanding of how games can serve political, pedagogical, or persuasive purposes, this volume will interest scholars and students working in fields such as game studies, media studies, and war studies.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:244 pages, 5 Halftones, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/12/2022
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- ISBN:9781032285597
Information
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:244 pages, 5 Halftones, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/12/2022
- Category:
- ISBN:9781032285597
