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Bioshock And Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rationalbook (The Blackwell Philosophy And Pop Culture Series)

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Bioshock And Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rationalbook (The Blackwell Philosophy And Pop Culture Series)

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Considered a sign of the ?coming of age? of video games as an artistic medium, the award-winning BioShock franchise covers vast philosophical ground. BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rational Book presents expert reflections by philosophers (and Bioshock connoisseurs) on this critically acclaimed and immersive fan-favorite. Reveals the philosophical questions raised through the artistic complexity, compelling characters and absorbing plots of this ground-breaking first-person shooter (FPS) Explores what BioShock teaches the gamer about gaming, and the aesthetics of video game storytelling Addresses a wide array of topics including Marxism, propaganda, human enhancement technologies, political decision-making, free will, morality, feminism, transworld individuality, and vending machines in the dystopian society of Rapture Considers visionary game developer Ken Levine?s depiction of Ayn Rand?s philosophy, as well as the theories of Aristotle, de Beauvoir, Dewey, Leibniz, Marx, Plato, and others from the Hall of Philosophical Heroes



Author: Luke Cuddy
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: Jun 12, 2015
Number of Pages: 188 pages
Language: English
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 1118915860
ISBN-13: 9781118915868
 

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