Expressive space : embodying meaning in videogame environments / Gregory Whistance-Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Whistance-Smith, Gregory, author.

Series:

Video Games and the Humanities

Video Games and the Humanities, 2700-0400 ; Volume 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Place (Philosophy)--History.

Place (Philosophy).

Place (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2022]

Summary:

Video game spaces have vastly expanded the built environment, offering new worlds to explore and inhabit. Like buildings, cities, and gardens before them, these virtual environments express meaning and communicate ideas and affects through the spatial experiences they afford. Drawing on the emerging field of embodied cognition, this book explores the dynamic interplay between mind, body, and environment that sits at the heart of spatial communication. To capture the wide diversity of forms that spatial expression can take, the book builds a comparative analysis of twelve video games across four types of space, spanning ones designed for exploration and inhabitation, kinetic enjoyment, enacting a situated role, and enhancing perception. Together, these diverse virtual environments suggest the many ways that video games enhance and extend our embodied lives.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

Introduction: Expanding the Built Environment

Chapter 1 Space, Meaning, and Video Games

Chapter 2 Embodied Cognition

Chapter 3 Exploration and Inhabitation

Chapter 4 Kinetic Rhythms

Chapter 5 Enaction

Chapter 6 Perception

Chapter 7 Virtual Built Environments

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Whistance-Smith, Gregory Expressive Space

ISBN:

3-11-072373-5

OCLC:

1290485528