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Title:

THE ART OF VIDEOGAMES

By:

Grant Tavinor

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Paperback

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1405187883

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9781405187886

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Publisher:

JOHN WILEY AND SONS LTD

Pub. date:

1 October, 2009

Series:

New Directions in Aesthetics

Pages:

240

Description:

Videogames aren't just for children anymore. In fact, their fictional worlds now inspire us to make judgments about perceptual beauty, involve us in interpretation, and arouse our emotions.

Synopsis:

The Art of Videogames explores how philosophy of the arts theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogames. Presents a unique philosophical approach to the art of videogaming, situating videogames in the framework of analytic philosophy of the artsExplores how philosophical theories developed to address traditional art works can also be applied to videogamesWritten for a broad audience of both philosophers and videogame enthusiasts by a philosopher who is also an avid gamerDiscusses the relationship between games and earlier artistic and entertainment media, how videogames allow for interactive fiction, the role of game narrative, and the moral status of violent events depicted in videogame worldsArgues that videogames do indeed qualify as a new and exciting form of representational art

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Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons Ltd)

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