Playing at a Distance Borderlands of Video Game Aesthetic

• Main Author: Fizek, Sonia (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2022
• Series: The MIT Press
• Subjects: Advertising & society; Computer games / online games: strategy guides; game studies; video games; play theory; media studies; media theory; aesthetics; media aesthetics; digital media; cultural studies; videogame philosophy; game ontology; non-human play; player; posthumanism; agency; interaction; intra-action; interactivity; interpassivity; control; automation; AI; self-play; auto-play; ambience; spectacle; spectatorship; idling
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

An essential exploration of video game aesthetic that decenters the human player and challenges what it means to play. Do we play video games or do video games play us? Is nonhuman play a mere paradox or the future of gaming? And what do video games have to do with quantum theory? In Playing at a Di...