LEADER 02531nam 22004691 450 001 9911049138103321 005 20230308074921.0 010 $a9780472221103 010 $a0472221108 024 7 $a10.3998/mpub.11946212 035 $a(CKB)5860000000314974 035 $a(MiU)10.3998/mpub.11946212 035 $a(EXLCZ)995860000000314974 100 $a20230308h20232023 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $auruna|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aToward a gameic world $enew rules of engagement from Japanese video games /$fBen Whaley 210 1$aAnn Arbor, Michigan :$cUniversity of Michigan Press,$d2023. 210 4$dİ2023 215 $a1 online resource (xiv, 170 pages) $cillustrations 225 1 $aMichigan monograph series in Japanese Studies,$x8473-3223 ;$vNumber 100 311 08$a9780472076147 311 08$a0472076140 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 145-157) and index. 330 $aToward a Gameic World bridges the gap between Japanese popular culture studies and game studies by encouraging a dialogue centered around Japanese-designed video games and social issues. It examines four contemporary Japanese video games in terms of how they engage with some of Japan's biggest social and personal issues, including traumas: natural disasters (Disaster Report), a declining birthrate and aging population (Catherine), nuclear proliferation (Metal Gear Solid V); and youth social withdrawal (The World Ends with You). This book asks what some of the positive benefits are of working through a site of trauma from within a video game, and how games might teach us about Japanese culture and society through new kinds of interactive narratives, different from literature and film. The book proposes four new strategies of engagement with video games to explore the productive tensions that emerge at the boundaries of virtual reality, augmented reality, and gamification in contemporary Japan. 410 0$aMichigan monograph series in Japanese studies ;$vNo. 100. 517 3 $aNew rules of engagement from Japanese video games 606 $aVideo games$xSocial aspects 606 $aVideo games$zJapan 615 0$aVideo games$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aVideo games 676 $a794.80952 700 $aWhaley$b Ben$01887028 801 0$bEYM 801 1$bEYM 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911049138103321 996 $aToward a gameic world$94522845 997 $aUNINA