Playing Dystopia

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Is this hell or beyond? Gerald Farca describes the genre of the video game dystopia and the player's aesthetic response to participating in nightmarish gameworlds.
Video games permeate our everyday existence. They immerse players in fascinating gameworlds and exciting experiences, often inviting them in various ways to reflect on the enacted events.Gerald Farca explores the genre of dystopian video games and the player's aesthetic response to their nightmarish gameworlds. Players, he argues, will gradually come to see similarities between the virtual dystopia and their own ›offline‹ environment, thus learning to stay wary of social and political developments.In his analysis, Farca draws from a variety of research fields, such as literary theory and game studies, combining them into a coherent theory of aesthetic response to dystopian games.

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Gerald Farca

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Besprochen in:gmk-Newsletter, 9 (2019)
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»Farca ist ein Grundlagenwerk des Computerspiel(en)s gelungen, das Strukturen des Spiels mit den Aktivitäten der Spieler verbindet.«
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»Farcas work [...] provides a valuable perspective on the video game narrative and the relationship between play, player, and video game.«
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»A valuable perspective on the video game narrative and the relationship between play, player, and video game.«
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»Farcas work [...] provides a valuable perspective on the video game narrative and the relationship between play, player, and video game.«
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»A valuable perspective on the video game narrative and the relationship between play, player, and video game.«
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