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The virtual ninja manifesto : fighting games, martial arts and gamic orientalism / Chris Goto-Jones.

Title
The virtual ninja manifesto : fighting games, martial arts and gamic orientalism / Chris Goto-Jones.
Author
Goto-Jones, Christopher S.
Publication
London ; New York : Rowman & Littlefield International, [2016]

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Description
xii, 159 pages; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Martial arts studies
Subject
  • Violence in video games
  • Video games > Psychological aspects
  • Video games > Social aspects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction : What is the virtual ninja project? -- Intentionality and motivation : between synthetic and actual violence -- Intervention 1 : How the beast changed the world -- Immersion and unity : avatar, fight-stick, and prosthetic selfhood -- Intervention 2 : The virtual ninja manifesto -- Ideology and culture : gamic orientalism and the ideal self -- Conclusion : I suck at street fighter.
ISBN
  • 9781783489817
  • 1783489812
  • 9781783489824
  • 1783489820
LCCN
^^2016020990
OCLC
  • 940520684
  • SCSB-11924997
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library