{"product_id":"player-and-avatar-david-owen-9781476667195","title":"Player and Avatar: The Affective Potential of Videogames","description":"\u003cp\u003e Do you make small leaps in your chair while attempting challenging jumps in \u003ci\u003eTomb Raider\u003c\/i\u003e? Do you say \"Ouch!\" when a giant hits you with a club in \u003ci\u003eSkyrim\u003c\/i\u003e? Have you had dreams of being inside the underwater city of \u003ci\u003eRapture\u003c\/i\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Videogames cast the player as protagonist in an unfolding narrative. Like actors in front of a camera, gamers' proprioception, or body awareness, can extend to onscreen characters, thus placing them \"physically\" within the virtual world. Players may even identify with characters' ideological motivations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The author explores concepts central to the design and enjoyment of videogames--affect, immersion, liveness, presence, agency, narrative, ideology and the player's virtual surrogate: the avatar. Gamer and avatar are analyzed as a cybernetic coupling that suggests fulfillment of Atonin Artaud's vision of the \"body without organs.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Owen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1476667195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781476667195\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2018","brand":"David Owen","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43935545098495,"sku":"9781476667195","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_27df3bb9-42e0-4ec6-bf39-eabdf1173f1f.jpg?v=1681420418","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/player-and-avatar-david-owen-9781476667195","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}