Respawn: Gamers, Hackers, And Technogenic Life (Experimental Futures)

In Respawn Colin Milburn examines the connections between video games, hacking, and science fiction that galvanize technological activism and technological communities. Discussing a wide range of games, from Portal and Final Fantasy VII to Super Mario Sunshine and Shadow of the Colossus, Milburn illustrates how they impact the lives of gamers and non-gamers alike. They also serve as resources for critique, resistance, and insurgency, offering a space for players and hacktivist groups such as Anonymous to challenge obstinate systems and experiment with alternative futures. Providing an essential walkthrough guide to our digital culture and its high-tech controversies, Milburn shows how games and playable media spawn new modes of engagement in a computerized world.

• | Author: Colin Milburn
• | Publisher: Duke University Press Books
• | Publication Date: Dec 14, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1478001348
• | ISBN-13: 9781478001348