Against Flow
Video Games and the Flowing Subject
Seiten
2021
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04550-6 (ISBN)
MIT Press (Verlag)
978-0-262-04550-6 (ISBN)
"Against Flow critically examines the idea of flow in order to temper a growing number of voices that focus on play's positive potentials"--
A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games. Flow--as conceptualized by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi--describes an experience of being in the zone, of intense absorption in an activity. It is a central concept in the study of video games, although often applied somewhat uncritically. In Against Flow, Braxton Soderman takes a step back and offers a critical assessment of flow's historical, theoretical, political, and ideological contexts in relation to video games. With close readings of games that implement and represent flow, Soderman not only evaluates the concept of flow in terms of video games but also presents a general critique of flow and its sibling, play.
A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games. Flow--as conceptualized by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi--describes an experience of being in the zone, of intense absorption in an activity. It is a central concept in the study of video games, although often applied somewhat uncritically. In Against Flow, Braxton Soderman takes a step back and offers a critical assessment of flow's historical, theoretical, political, and ideological contexts in relation to video games. With close readings of games that implement and represent flow, Soderman not only evaluates the concept of flow in terms of video games but also presents a general critique of flow and its sibling, play.
Braxton Soderman is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 14.04.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 34 black and white photos |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften |
| ISBN-10 | 0-262-04550-8 / 0262045508 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-262-04550-6 / 9780262045506 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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