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008			170810s2017 ncu b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2017022806
020			_a9781476667195 (softcover : alk. paper)
042			_apcc
040			_aDLC _beng _erda _cDLC _dDLC
050	0	0	_aGV1469.3 _b.O94 2017
082	0	0	_a794.8 _223
100	1		_aOwen, David, _d1970-
245	1	0	_aPlayer and avatar : _bthe affective potential of videogames / _cDavid Owen.
264		1	_aJefferson, North Carolina : _bMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, _c[2017]
300			_avii, 230 pages ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aStudies in gaming
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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.""-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aVideo games _xSocial aspects.
650		0	_aAvatars (Virtual reality)
650		0	_aOnline identities.
999			_c36575 _d36575