Respawn: Gamers, Hackers, and Technogenic Life
Respawn: Gamers, Hackers, and Technogenic Life (Experimental Futures) by Colin Milburn
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1478001348, 1478002921 | 308 pages | PDF | 20 MB
English | 2018 | ISBN: 1478001348, 1478002921 | 308 pages | PDF | 20 MB
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.