Wandering Games

• Main Author: Kagen, Melissa (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Computer games / online games: strategy guides; Virtual reality; Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge; walking simulator; performance; indie; pilgrimage; colonialism; death; gender; work; late capitalism; interdisciplinary; Return of the Obra Dinn; Eastshade; Ritual of the Moon; 80 Days; Heaven's Vault; Death Stranding; The Last of Us Part; The Last of Us Part II
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An analysis of wandering within different game worlds, viewed through the lenses of work, colonialism, gender, and death. Wandering in games can be a theme, a formal mode, an aesthetic metaphor, or a player action. It can mean walking, escaping, traversing, meandering, or returning. In this book, ga...