Learning to Be Human by Pretending to Be Elves, Dwarves, and Mages: A Phenomenological Aesthetic of Video Games

Thesis advisor: Eileen Sweeney === This paper combines principles from aesthetic cognitivism with phenomenological embodiment as explained by Maurice Merleau-Ponty in order to construct both an argument for video games as a form of art as well as a method for appreciating them. I argue that the uniq...

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Main Author: Martis, Nicholas Samuel
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2014
Subjects:
art
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/3886

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