Respawn
Subtitle: gamers, hackers, and technogenic life
By: Colin Milburn
Contributors: Duke University Press
Series: Experimental futures : technological lives, scientific arts, anthropological voices; Experimental futures
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9781478001348; 9781478002789; 9781478002925
Subjects: Social aspects; Video games; Technology; Hackers
Description: Examines the connections between video games, hacking, and science fiction that galvanize technological activism and technological communities. Discussing a wide range of games, from Portal and Final Fantasy VII to Super Mario Sunshine and Shadow of the Colossus, the author illustrates how they impact the lives of gamers and nongamers alike. They also serve as resources for critique, resistance, and insurgency, offering a space for players and hacktivist groups such as Anonymous to challenge obstinate systems and experiment with alternative futures. providing an essential walk-through guide to our digital culture and its high-tech controversies, the author shows how games and playable media spawn new modes of engagement in a computerized world.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: all your base; title: May the lulz be with you; title: Obstinate systems; title: Still inside; title: Long live play; title: We are heroes; title: Green machine; title: Pwn; title: Conclusion: save point.