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God in the machine : video games as spiritual pursuit /

If he were alive today, what might Heidegger say about Halo, the popular video game franchise? What would Augustine think about Assassin's Creed? What could Maimonides teach us about Nintendo's eponymous hero, Mario? While some critics might dismiss such inquiries outright, protesting that...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leibovitz, Liel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Conshohocken : Templeton Press, [2013]
Colección:Acculturated.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction ; Chapter 1: Thinking inside the Box: Game Design, Glory, and the Search for God ; Chapter 2: A Ballet of Thumbs: What We Do When We Play Video Games ; Chapter 3: The Sweet Cheat: The Utility and the Ecstasy of Breaking the Rules; Chapter 4: The God Machine: On Being and Time in Video Games; Acknowledgments ; Notes ; Index.