Mixed Reality and Games: Theoretical and Practical Approaches in Game Studies and Education

Published by transcript Verlag 2020

Mixed Reality and Games

Theoretical and Practical Approaches in Game Studies and Education

Edited by: Emir Bektic , Daniela Bruns , Sonja Gabriel , Florian Kelle , Gerhard Pölsterl and Felix Schniz

Volume 80 in the series Edition Medienwissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839453292

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About this book

Videogames allow us to immerse ourselves in worlds that are reflective of cultural phenomena. At the same time, games are in the process of occupying and utilising the real world as a part of the game. The book provides a combination of theoretical and practical approaches to mixed reality through the lenses of game studies and pedagogy. These novel approaches invite the reader to rethink their conceptions of games and mixed reality. They are complemented with classical analyses of games and applications in educational contexts. In uniting theory and hands-on approaches, the book provides a broad spectrum that facilitates and inspires interdisciplinary thinking and work.

Author / Editor information

Emir Bektic (BA) is a student of the Game Studies and Engineering programme at Klagenfurt University.
Daniela Bruns (MA) until recently worked as a university assistant at Klagenfurt University and organizes the university's annual Game Pics Event. Her research focused on cultural studies, popular culture, and videogames.
Sonja Gabriel (Prof. Mag. Dr.) is a professor for media literacy at the KPH Vienna/Krems, teaching teachers in the use of digital media. Her research is focused on digital game-based learning and its teaching values.
Florian Kelle (BA) is student of the Game Studies and Engineering programme at Klagenfurt University. He is writing his master's thesis on archaeological approaches to videogames with a focus on object-oriented ontology and hyperobjects.
Gerhard Pölsterl (Mag.) works for the Austrian Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth, focusing on media and pedagogy. He also teaches media-related courses at the University of Vienna and organizes the annual FROG conference.
Felix Schniz is the co-founder and programme director of the master's programme Game Studies and Engineering at Universität Klagenfurt, Austria. His research focuses on experiences in virtual worlds, promenadology, genre theory, and the subjective quality of the medium videogame.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface
Federal Ministry of Labour, Family and Youth Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
University of Klagenfurt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
KPH Vienna/Krems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Mixed Reality / Contributions to the 13th Future and Reality of Gaming Conference 2019 in Vienna
Introduction to Mixed Reality and Games Emir Bektic, Daniela Bruns, Sonja Gabriel, Florian Kelle, Gerhard Pölsterl and Felix Schniz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Mixed Reality / Design & Aesthetics
An Introduction to Design & Aesthetics Florian Kelle and Felix Schniz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
Warning: Not Suitable for Robots A Human-Centric Game Design Approach Alexia Bhéreur-Lagounaris Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
Game Engineering for Hybrid Board Games Wilfried Elmenreich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
Creating Digital Gamebooks with Twine Richard Hahn Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
Strategy Games as Neoliberal Historiography David Praschak, Stefan Ancuta and Max F. Schmidt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
The Flaneur in a Masticator Virtual Walking and the Philosophical Experience in Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs Felix Schniz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Cortana: A Digital Personal Assistant between Space Opera and Speech Recognition Rudolf Inderst and Pascal Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Is This the Real Life? Is This just Fantasy? Alternate Reality (Games) Polliwog 2019 Michaela Kempter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Mixed Reality / Society & Culture
An Introduction to Society & Culture Emir Bektic and Gerhard Pölsterl Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Players Unite Legally Katharina Bisset Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	125
“As You Command” Male-Male Desire, Love, and Relationships in Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey René Reinhold Schallegger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
Gender Portrayals in Videogames A Reflection of Production Contexts? Christina Obmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Periphery: The Departure from Avatar-Sexual Characters in BioWare’s Dragon Age: Inquisition Armin Lippitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
When the Future Becomes the Present Detroit: Become Human as Social Science Fiction Daniela Bruns Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
The Case of Pokémon GO or How an AR-Game Influences Our Lives Sonja Gabriel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
Mixed Reality / Theory
An Introduction to Theory Daniela Bruns and Sonja Gabriel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Save Gamer Gamification is Making Us Less Thoughtful; Are Gamejams a Testbed for the Cure? John N. A. Brown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Gotta Go Fast Insights into the Human-Machine-Interaction in Speedrunning Dejan Lukovic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
Mixed Reality Is Already There! The Player’s Body as Foundation of the Videogame Experience Frank Fetzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	251
Settlement of Digital Land Living Part of Your Life in the Sandbox MMO EVE Online Gernot Hausar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Archaeology and Videogames Towards the Nature of Artifacts as Hyperobjects Florian Kelle Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	267
An Introduction to Gambling in the Context of Game Studies Alexander Pfeiffer and Georg Sedlecky Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 296
Keywords: Education; Games; Mixed Reality; Aesthetics; Computer Games; Digital Media; Media Theory; Media Education; Media Studies

eBook

Published: October 27, 2020
ISBN: 9783839453292