The PlayStation dreamworld / Alfie Bown.
The PlayStation dreamworld / Alfie Bown.
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2018.
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G 2017/6131
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 143 pages ; 20 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Contents Acknowledgements Note on the Games Tutorial: The Pokemon Generation Level 1. From Farming Simulation to Dystopic Wasteland: Gaming and Capitalism Work and Play -- Cultures of Distraction -- Pastoral Dystopia, Apocalyptic Utopia -- No Alternative Level 2. Dre...
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Publisher
Cambridge, UK ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2018.
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Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2018.
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Summary
"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 po...
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Full title
The PlayStation dreamworld / Alfie Bown.
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Author / Creator
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General note
Theory redux
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call Numbers
G 2017/6131
Record Identifier
74VKVg48P0Kb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVg48P0Kb
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ISBN
1509518037 paperback
9781509518029 hardback
1509518029 hardback
9781509518036 paperback
DDC
794.8
MMS ID
991024148417202626
