Rune Klevjer

What is the Avatar?

Fiction and Embodiment in Avatar-Based Singleplayer Computer Games. Revised and Commented Edition
Mitarbeit:Günzel, Stephan; Sternagel, Jörg; Mersch, Dieter

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What are the characteristic features of avatar-based singleplayer videogames, from Super Mario Bros. to Grand Theft Auto? Rune Klevjer examines this question with a particular focus on issues of fictionality and realism, and their relation to cinema and Virtual Reality. Through close-up analysis and philosophical discussion, Klevjer argues that avatar-based gaming is a distinctive and dominant form of virtual self-embodiment in digital culture. This book is a revised edition of Rune Klevjer's pioneering work from 2007, featuring a new introduction by the author and afterword by Stephan Günzel, Jörg Sternagel, and Dieter Mersch.

Produktdetails

• Game Studies 3
• Verlag: transcript / transcript Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 242
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 18mm x 150mm x 230mm
• Gewicht: 381g
• ISBN-13: 9783837645798
• Artikelnr.: 65448289

Autorenporträt

Rune Klevjer is an associate professor at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen. He specializes in computer game theory, with particular interest in player-avatar relationships, narrative, and the nature of fictional representation in virtual environments.

Rezensionen

»Klevjers Dissertation ist nach wie vor eine wichtige und lesenswerte Arbeit, die trotz verständlicher Sprache und hervorragender Lesbarkeit nicht an Komplexität verliert und durchaus noch immer als Grundlagenwerk zu avatarbasiertem Spielen gelten kann.« Markus Spöhrer, MEDIENwissenschaft, 3 (2024)