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The Vicissitudes of Representation: Critical Game Studies, Belonging, and Anti-Essentialism
1. Introduction: Video Games, Identity-Driven Expertise and Its Costs Video games have come a long way since their humble beginnings in military and scientific contexts. The first games1, like William Higinbotham’s Tennis for Two (1958) and Spacewar! by Steve Russell and collaborators (1962), originated in labs and were at least in part created to demonstrate what a computer could do—and to connect with non-specialists.
On Video Games
The Visual Politics of Race, Gender and Space By: Soraya Murray Published: 02-25-2021 Format: Paperback Edition: 1st Extent: 336 ISBN: 9781350217706 Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Illustrations: 29 bw illus Dimensions: 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" List price: $29.95 Online price: $26.96 Saving: Save $3.00 (10%) Tell others about this book Lorem About On Video Games Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits trump those of the film industry worldwide.
Playing Whiteness in Crisis in The Last of Us and Tomb Raider
Home > Vol 4, No 3 (2019) > Murray Playing Whiteness in Crisis in The Last of Us and Tomb Raider Soraya Murray Abstract This paper examines the white normative figure under duress, through videogames that present a crisis in American narratives of progress: The Last of Us (Naughty Dog, 2013), set in a melancholic post-apocalyptic U.S.; and Tomb Raider (Crystal Dynamics, 2013), a reboot of the now-classic Lara Croft narrative that recasts the heroine as desperate and far from invincible.
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