The PlayStation dreamworld

Bown, Alfie, author.

Book 2018

"From mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. The PlayStation Dreamworld is--to borrow a phrase from Slavoj Zizek--the pervert's guide to videogames. It argues that we can only understand the world of videogames via Lacanian dream analysis. It also argues that the Left needs to work inside this dreamspace a powerful arena for constructing our desires or else the dreamworld will fall entirely into the hands o...

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Dream interpretation

Video games Social aspects

Virtual reality Social aspects

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Theory redux

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ISBN:

9781509518029

Description:

viii, 143 pages ; 20 cm
regular print

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Acknowledgements Note on the Games, pagesvii
Tutorial: The Pokemon Generation, pages1
Level 1. From Farming Simulation to Dystopic Wasteland: Gaming and Capitalism, pages27
Level 2. Dreamwork: Cyborgs on the Analyst's Couch, pages61
Level 3. Retro Gaming: The Politics of Former and Future Pleasures, pages94
Bonus Features: How to be a Subversive Gamer, pages121
Credits, pages134
Game Index, pages142

LCCN:

2017010123

Control Number:

2472646

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