{"product_id":"ideology-and-the-virtual-city-jon-bailes-9781789041644","title":"Ideology and the Virtual City: Videogames, Power Fantasies and Neoliberalism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'insanely readable...an instant classic for everyone who wants to understand not just games but our reality itself.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e Slavoj Zizek\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIdeology and the Virtual City \u003c\/i\u003eis an exploration of modern society and the critical value of popular culture. It combines a prescient social theory that describes how 'neoliberal' ideology in today's societies dominates our economic, political and cultural ideals, with an entertaining exploration of narratives, characters and play structures in some of today's most interesting videogames. The book takes readers into a range of simulated urban environments that symbolise the hidden antagonisms of social life and create outlandish resolutions through their power fantasies. Interactive entertainment can help us understand the ways in which people relate to a modern 'common sense' neoliberal background, in terms of absorbing assumptions, and questioning them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jon Bailes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1789041643\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781789041644\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Zero Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d","brand":"Jon Bailes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938803941631,"sku":"9781789041644","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_d8284953-fb98-453f-9716-a454fb28ae0a.jpg?v=1681437799","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ideology-and-the-virtual-city-jon-bailes-9781789041644","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}