Toward a Gameic World
New Rules of Engagement from Japanese Video Games
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2023
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
978-0-472-07614-7 (ISBN)
The University of Michigan Press (Verlag)
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Bridges the gap between Japanese popular culture studies and game studies by encouraging a dialogue centered around Japanese-designed video games and social issues. The book examines four contemporary Japanese video games in terms of how they engage with some of Japan’s biggest social and personal issues.
Toward a Gameic World 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 (Disaster Report), a declining birthrate and aging population (Catherine), nuclear proliferation (Metal Gear Solid V); and youth social withdrawal (The World Ends with You). 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.
Toward a Gameic World 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 (Disaster Report), a declining birthrate and aging population (Catherine), nuclear proliferation (Metal Gear Solid V); and youth social withdrawal (The World Ends with You). 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.
Ben Whaley is Associate Professor of Japanese in the School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures at the University of Calgary.
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgements
Author’s Note
Introduction: Beyond 8-bit
Chapter 1: Limited Engagement: Virtual Earthquakes and Real-World Survival in Disaster Report
Chapter 2: Distanced Engagement: Marriage and Childbirth in Catherine
Chapter 3: External Engagement: Pixelated Pain and Nuclear Memory in Metal Gear Solid V
Chapter 4: Connective Engagement: Social Withdrawal and Player Connections in The World Ends with You
Conclusion: Toward a Gameic World
References
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.07.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Michigan Monograph Series in Japanese Studies |
| Zusatzinfo | 30 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Ann Arbor |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 363 g |
| Themenwelt | Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-472-07614-0 / 0472076140 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-472-07614-7 / 9780472076147 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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