This book modifies the concept of performativity with media theory in order to build a rigorous method for analyzing videogame performances. Beginning with an i

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When viewed through the context of an interactive play, a video game player fulfills the roles of both actor and spectator, watching and influencing a game's st

The World is Born From Zero is an investigation into the relationship between video games and science fiction through the philosophy of speculation. Cameron Kun

This book argues that videogames address contemporary, middle-class anxieties about poverty in the United States. The early chapters consider gaming as a modern