The PlayStation Dreamworld Contributor(s): Bown, Alfie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1509518037 ISBN-13: 9781509518036 Publisher: Polity Press OUR PRICE: $18.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2017 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Media Studies - Computers | Virtual Worlds - Computers | Human-computer Interaction (hci) |
Dewey: 794.8 |
LCCN: 2017010123 |
Series: Theory Redux |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.3" W x 7.4" (0.35 lbs) 140 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: From mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. The PlayStation Dreamworld is - to borrow a phrase from Slavoj Zizek - the pervert's guide to videogames. It argues that we can only understand the world of videogames via Lacanian dream analysis. It also argues that the Left needs to work inside this dreamspace - a powerful arena for constructing our desires - or else the dreamworld will fall entirely into the hands of dominant and reactionary forces. |