My Avatar, My Self: Identity in Video Role-Playing Games
Author:   Zach Waggoner
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:  

9780786441099


Pages:   207
Publication Date:   21 May 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Format:   Paperback
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With videogames now one of the world's most popular diversions, the virtual world has increasing psychological influence on real-world players. This book examines the relationships between virtual and non-virtual identity in visual role-playing games. Utilizing James Gee's theoretical constructs of real-world identity, virtual-world identity, and projective identity, this research shows dynamic, varying and complex relationships between the virtual avatar and the player's sense of self and makes recommendations of terminology for future identity researchers.

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Author:   Zach Waggoner
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.290kg
ISBN:  

9780786441099


ISBN 10:   0786441097
Pages:   207
Publication Date:   21 May 2009
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Preface       1. Videogames, Avatars, and Identity: A Brief History      2. Locating Identity in New Media Theory      3. Morrowind: Identity and the Hardcore Gamer      4. Oblivion: Identity and the Casual Gamer      5. Fallout 3: Identity and the Non-Gamer      6. Virtual and Non-Virtual Identities: Connections and Terminological Implications      Appendix: Transcription of Vishnu’s First Two Hours of Morrowind Gameplay      Chapter Notes      Bibliography      Index     

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Zach Waggoner has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Arizona State University. He is Course Coordinator for The Writers’ Studio at Arizona State University and lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

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