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245 10 a| Player and avatarh| [electronic resource] :b| the affective potential of videogames /c| David Owen.;

260 a| Jefferson, North Carolina :b| McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,c| [2017];

300 a| vii, 230 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

490 0 a| Studies in gaming;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "The author explores concepts central to the design and enjoyment of video games, including affect, immersion, liveness, presence, agency, narrative, ideology and the player's virtual surrogate--the avatar. Gamer and avatar are analyzed as a cybernetic coupling whose dynamics suggest a fulfillment of dramatist Atonin Artaud's vision of the "body without organs.""--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Player and avatar the affective potential of videogames / David Owen.

Author/creator	Owen, David, 1970-
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Description	vii, 230 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
Subjects	Video games--Social aspects. Avatars (Virtual reality) Online identities.

Series	Studies in gaming
Abstract	"The author explores concepts central to the design and enjoyment of video games, including affect, immersion, liveness, presence, agency, narrative, ideology and the player's virtual surrogate--the avatar. Gamer and avatar are analyzed as a cybernetic coupling whose dynamics suggest a fulfillment of dramatist Atonin Artaud's vision of the "body without organs.""-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2017022806
ISBN	9781476667195 (softcover : alk. paper)

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