The Art of Videogames

Author:   Grant Tavinor (Social Science, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Group, Lincoln University, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Wiley-Blackwell
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9781283204675


Pages:   241
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Format:   Electronic book text
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The Art of Videogames explores how philosophy of the arts theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogames. Presents a unique philosophical approach to the art of videogaming, situating videogames in the framework of analytic philosophy of the artsExplores how philosophical theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogamesWritten for a broad audience of both philosophers and videogame enthusiasts by a philosopher who is also an avid gamerDiscusses the relationship between games and earlier artistic and entertainment media, how videogames allow for interactive fiction, the role of game narrative, and the moral status of violent events depicted in videogame worldsArgues that videogames do indeed qualify as a new and exciting form of representational art

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Author:   Grant Tavinor (Social Science, Parks, Recreation and Tourism Group, Lincoln University, New Zealand)
Publisher:   Wiley-Blackwell
Imprint:   Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:  

9781283204675


ISBN 10:   1283204673
Pages:   241
Publication Date:   01 January 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Electronic book text
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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