Gaming Utopia by Claudia Costa Pederson (Paperback Book)

Name: Gaming Utopia by Claudia Costa Pederson (Paperback Book)
Brand: Indiana University Press

Indiana University Press

In Gaming Utopia: Ludic Worlds in Art, Design, and Media, Claudia Costa Pederson analyzes modernist avant-garde and contemporary video games to challenge the idea that gaming is an exclusively white, heterosexual, male, corporatized leisure activity and reenvisions it as a catalyst for social change. \n By looking at over fifty projects that together span a century and the world, Pederson explores the capacity for sociopolitical commentary in virtual and digital realms and highlights contributions to the history of gaming by women, queer, and transnational artists. The result is a critical tool for understanding video games as imaginative forms of living that offer alternatives to our current reality. \n With an interdisciplinary approach, Gaming Utopia emphasizes how game design, creation,\n\nGaming Utopia\nLudic Worlds in Art, Design, and Media\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note;