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Video games have always been queer / Bonnie Ruberg.
LIBRA GV1469.17.S63 R83 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ruberg, Bo, 1985- author.
- Series:
- Postmillennial pop
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Gay people.
- Gender identity.
- Queer theory.
- Physical Description:
- v, 271 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : New York University Press, [2019]
- Contents:
- Part I Discovering Queerness in Video Games
- 1 Between Paddles: Pong, Between Men, and Queer Intimacy in Video Games p. 31
- 2 Getting Too Close: Portal, "Anal Rope" and the Perils of Queer Interpretation p. 56
- 3 "Loving Father, Caring Husband, Secret Octopus": Queer Embodiment and Passing in Octodad p. 84
- 4 Kissing for Absolutely No Reason: Realistic Kissing Simulator, Consentacle, and Queer Game Design p. 110
- Part II Bringing Queerness to Video Games
- 5 Playing to Lose: Burnout and the Queer Art of Failing at Video Games p. 135
- 6 No Fun: Queer Affect and the Disruptive Potential of Video Games that Disappoint, Sadden, and Hurt p. 158
- 7 Speed Runs, Slow Strolls, and the Politics of Walking: Queer Movements through Space and Time p. 184.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781479831036
- 1479831034
- 9781479843749
- 1479843741
- OCLC:
- 1049577588
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