On reality and simulation in an extra-moral sense
- This paper is a critical examination of the relationship between reality and simulation. After a brief theoretical introduction, it unfolds its argument on an empirical level, using a thick game playing description of GRAND THEFT AUTO IV. This in-game experience serves as material for the subsequent analysis, in the course of which defining characteristics of computer game playing are formulated. Finally, on the basis of this analysis, the paper postulates the hypothesis that playing computer games like GTA IV promotes competency in deconstructing simulations and implements a cyclic logic of recreation.
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| Author details: | Mark Butler |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-42787 |
| ISSN: | 1867-6227 |
| ISSN: | 1867-6219 |
| Title of parent work (German): | DIGAREC series |
| Subtitle (German): | the playful logic of life and death in Liberty City |
| Further contributing person(s): | Barry Atkins |
| Publication type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Publication year: | 2010 |
| Publishing institution: | Universität Potsdam |
| Release date: | 2010/10/15 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| First page: | 212 |
| Last Page: | 236 |
| Source: | Digarec Series, 4 (2010), S. 212 - 236 |
| Further contributing person(s): | Atkins, Barry (Response) |
| Organizational units: | Philosophische Fakultät / Institut für Künste und Medien |
| DDC classification: | 7 Künste und Unterhaltung / 70 Künste / 700 Künste; Bildende und angewandte Kunst |
| Collection(s): | Universität Potsdam / Schriftenreihen / DIGAREC Series, ISSN 1867-6227 / DIGAREC Series (2010) 04 |
| License (German): |  Keine öffentliche Lizenz: Unter Urheberrechtsschutz |
