This book analyses video games like Grand Theft Auto and Resident Evil as aesthetic objects. Drawing on philosophical theories of art from Kant to Ranciere, it focuses on what games feel like to players and argues that their appeal can only be adequately understood by relating them to developments in contemporary art and recent cultural history -- .


Format Häftad Omfång 256 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Manchester University Press Utgivningsdatum 2011-08-31 ISBN 9780719077180