New PDF release: BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational Game, Rational Book (The

By Luke Cuddy

ISBN-10: 1118915860

ISBN-13: 9781118915868

thought of an indication of the ‘coming of age’ of games as an inventive medium, the award-winning BioShock franchise covers significant philosophical flooring. BioShock and Philosophy: Irrational online game, Rational Book presents specialist reflections by means of philosophers (and Bioshock connoisseurs) in this seriously acclaimed and immersive fan-favorite.

  • Reveals the philosophical questions raised in the course of the inventive complexity, compelling characters and soaking up plots of this ground-breaking first-person shooter (FPS)
  • Explores what BioShock teaches the gamer approximately gaming, and the aesthetics of game storytelling
  • Addresses a big selection of subject matters together with Marxism, propaganda, human enhancement applied sciences, political decision-making, loose will, morality, feminism, transworld individuality, and merchandising machines within the dystopian society of Rapture
  • Considers visionary video game developer Ken Levine’s depiction of Ayn Rand’s philosophy, in addition to the theories of Aristotle, de Beauvoir, Dewey, Leibniz, Marx, Plato, and others from the corridor of Philosophical Heroes

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