03212nam 22006615 450 991062435580332120221107062033.03-8394-4579-510.1515/9783839445792(CKB)5580000000395740(DE-B1597)641213(DE-B1597)9783839445792(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/93900(OCoLC)1350571631(MiAaPQ)EBC30469255(Au-PeEL)EBL30469255(EXLCZ)99558000000039574020221107h20222022 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierWhat is the Avatar? Fiction and Embodiment in Avatar-Based Singleplayer Computer Games. Revised and Commented Edition /Rune Klevjer1st ed.Bielefeldtranscript Verlag2022Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2022]©20221 online resource (242 p.)Game Studies ;33-8376-4579-7 Frontmatter -- Contents -- Opening remarks -- Preface to this edition -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Simulations, games and make-believe -- Chapter 3: Computer game fiction -- Chapter 4: The model and the avatar -- Chapter 5: The simulator -- Chapter 6: The computer game avatar -- Chapter 7: 2D/3D -- Chapter 8: The avatarial camera -- Conclusion -- Tracing the Avatar. An Afterword -- BibliographyWhat are the characteristic features of avatar-based singleplayer videogames, from Super Mario Bros. to Grand Theft Auto? Rune Klevjer examines this question with a particular focus on issues of fictionality and realism, and their relation to cinema and Virtual Reality. Through close-up analysis and philosophical discussion, Klevjer argues that avatar-based gaming is a distinctive and dominant form of virtual self-embodiment in digital culture. This book is a revised edition of Rune Klevjer's pioneering work from 2007, featuring a new introduction by the author and afterword by Stephan Günzel, Jörg Sternagel, and Dieter Mersch.Game StudiesAvatars (Virtual reality)SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media StudiesbisacshAvatar.Cinema.Computer Games.Fictionality.Media Aesthetics.Media Studies.Media Theory.Media.Virtual Reality.Avatars (Virtual reality).SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.006.8Klevjer Rune, authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1264933Günzel Stephan, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbMersch Dieter, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbSternagel Jörg, ctbhttps://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ctbDE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK9910624355803321What is the Avatar2965940UNINA