On reality and simulation in an extra-moral sense : the playful logic of life and death in Liberty City
This paper is a critical examination of the relationship between reality and simulation. After a brief theoretical introduction, it unfolds its argument on an empirical level, using a thick game playing description of GRAND THEFT AUTO IV. This in-game experience serves as material for the subsequent...
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ndltd-Potsdam-oai-kobv.de-opus-ubp-42782013-01-08T00:59:19Z On reality and simulation in an extra-moral sense : the playful logic of life and death in Liberty City Butler, Mark The arts This paper is a critical examination of the relationship between reality and simulation. After a brief theoretical introduction, it unfolds its argument on an empirical level, using a thick game playing description of GRAND THEFT AUTO IV. This in-game experience serves as material for the subsequent analysis, in the course of which defining characteristics of computer game playing are formulated. Finally, on the basis of this analysis, the paper postulates the hypothesis that playing computer games like GTA IV promotes competency in deconstructing simulations and implements a cyclic logic of recreation. Universität Potsdam Philosophische Fakultät. Institut für Künste und Medien Atkins, Barry (Response) 2010 Article application/pdf urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-42787 http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4278/ Digarec Series, 4 (2010), S. 212 - 236 eng http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/doku/urheberrecht.php |
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This paper is a critical examination of the relationship between reality and simulation. After a brief theoretical introduction, it unfolds its argument on an empirical level, using a thick game playing description of GRAND THEFT AUTO IV. This in-game experience serves as material for the subsequent analysis, in the course of which defining characteristics of computer game playing are formulated. Finally, on the basis of this analysis, the paper postulates the hypothesis that playing computer games like GTA IV promotes competency in deconstructing simulations and implements a cyclic logic of recreation. |
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