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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190052089ISBN-10:190052082UPC:9780190052089Book Category:Philosophy, Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Mind & BodySize:9.30 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCQVG90HXM
Games: Agency as Art
Games are a unique art form. Games work in the medium of agency. Game designers tell us who to be and what to care about during the game. Game designers sculpt alternate agencies, and game players submerge themselves in those alternate agencies. Thus, the fact that we play games demonstrates the fluidity of our own agency. We can throw ourselves, for a little while, into a different and temporary...
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Oxford University PressISBN-13:9780190052089ISBN-10:190052082UPC:9780190052089Book Category:Philosophy, Games & ActivitiesBook Subcategory:Aesthetics, Mind & BodySize:9.30 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.1001Product ID:SCQVG90HXM
C. Thi Nguyen as of July 2020 is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah. His research focuses on how social structures and technology can shape our rationality and our agency. He has published on trust, expertise, group agency, community art, cultural appropriation, aesthetic value, echo chambers, moral outrage porn, and games. He received his PhD from UCLA. Once, he was a...
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