02807nam 22005293 450 991062433000332120220711013203.00-262-37097-20-262-37098-0(CKB)5680000000039157(MiAaPQ)EBC30162276(Au-PeEL)EBL30162276(OCoLC)1333708243(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93889(OCoLC-P)1333708243(MaCbMITP)13856(PPN)268968500(EXLCZ)99568000000003915720220629d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWandering games /Melissa Kagen1st ed.Cambridge, Massachusetts :The MIT Press,[2022]1 online resource (203 pages)The MIT Press0-262-54424-5 Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Work -- Gender -- Colonialism -- Death -- Subversive Walks -- Pedestrian Performance -- Digressive Literature -- Walking in Games -- 2. Late Capitalism: Caring for Corpses in Return of the Obra Dinn -- An Archive of Corpses -- Death and Its Aftermath -- Rendering the "Moment" -- Late Capitalism -- 3. Romantic Precarity: Eastshade as a Fantasy of Work -- Romantic Wandering -- A Labor of Love -- Playing with Precarity -- 4. Walking in Circles: Bodily Constraints in Ritual of the Moon -- Women in Space -- Temporalities under Constraint -- Wandering Wombs -- 5. Traveling Through: Decentering the Explorer in 80 Days -- The Politics of Empty Space -- Traveling Through -- Turning Space into Time -- 6. Language Worlds: Empire and Undoing in Heaven's Vault -- Worlds Made of Words -- Language of Empire -- Decolonial Digressions -- 7. After Life: Death Stranding and The Last of Us Part II -- Postapocalyptic Pastorals -- Endless Wandering -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Ludography -- Filmography -- Index."In an increasingly hectic world, walking simulators provide a chance for a meditative online experience. Wandering Games will be the first book to explore this genre"--Provided by publisher.Walking simulator gamesVideo gamesGAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & MobileCOMPUTERS / Virtual & Augmented RealitySOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular CultureWalking simulator games.Video games.794.8Kagen Melissa1265676OCoLC-POCoLC-PBOOK9910624330003321Wandering Games2968140UNINA