Klevjer, Rune <br/><br/>
What is the Avatar?  Fiction and Embodiment in Avatar-Based Singleplayer Computer Games. Revised and Commented Edition 

 - Bielefeld  transcript Verlag  2022 
 - 1 electronic resource (242 p.) 
 - Game Studies .
<br/><br/> Open Access 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Creative Commons 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783839445792 9783839445792 9783837645798 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Программирование
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Videogames Avatar Fictionality Cinema Virtual Reality Media Computer Games Media Aesthetics Media Theory Media Studies 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>004