{"product_id":"toward-a-gameic-world-ben-whaley-9780472056149","title":"Toward a Gameic World: New Rules of Engagement from Japanese Video Games Volume 100","description":"\u003ci\u003eToward a Gameic World\u003c\/i\u003e bridges the gap between Japanese popular culture studies and game studies by encouraging a dialogue centered around Japanese-designed video games and social issues. It examines four contemporary Japanese video games in terms of how they engage with some of Japan's biggest social and personal issues, including traumas: natural disasters (\u003ci\u003eDisaster Report\u003c\/i\u003e), a declining birthrate and aging population (\u003ci\u003eCatherine\u003c\/i\u003e), nuclear proliferation (\u003ci\u003eMetal Gear Solid V\u003c\/i\u003e); and youth social withdrawal (\u003ci\u003eThe World Ends with You\u003c\/i\u003e). This book asks what some of the positive benefits are of working through a site of trauma from within a video game, and how games might teach us about Japanese culture and society through new kinds of interactive narratives, different from literature and film. The book proposes four new strategies of engagement with video games to explore the productive tensions that emerge at the boundaries of virtual reality, augmented reality, and gamification in contemporary Japan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Whaley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 047205614X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780472056149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Michigan Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 186\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Ben Whaley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44130821112063,"sku":"9780472056149","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_328497fc-94fa-4123-b0ce-01658df24ab6.jpg?v=1687471466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/toward-a-gameic-world-ben-whaley-9780472056149","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}