BioShock and philosophy : irrational game, rational book /
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| Language: | English |
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA :
Wiley Blackwell,
2015.
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| Series: | Blackwell philosophy and popculture series.
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Hacking Into This Book (Introduction) Luke Cuddy Level 1 Research Bonus: Increased Wisdom Capacity 1: BioShock's Meta-Narrative: What BioShock Teaches the Gamer about Gaming Collin Pointon 2: The Value of Art in BioShock: Ayn Rand, Emotion, and Choice Jason Rose 3: SHODAN vs. The Many
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- Mind vs. The Body Robert M. Mentyka 4: "The Cage is Somber:" A Feminist Understanding of Elizabeth Catlyn Origitano Tears, Time, and Reality 5: Rapture in a Physical World: Did Andrew Ryan Choose the Impossible? James Cook 6: Would You Kindly Bring us the Girl and Wipe Away the Debt: Free Will and Moral Responsibility in BioShock Infinite Oliver Laas 7: BioShock as Plato's Cave Roger Travis 8: BioShock Infinite and Transworld Individuality: Identity Across Space and Time Charles Joshua Horn 9: Shockingly Limited: Escaping Columbia's God of Necessity Scott Squires and James McBain The "Union" and the Sodom Below 10: "The Bindings are There as a Safeguard:" Sovereignty and Political Decisions in BioShock Infinite Rick Elmore 11: Propaganda, Lies, and Bullshit in BioShock's Rapture Rachel McKinnon 12: The Vox Populi Group, Marx, and Equal Rights for All Tyler DeHaven and Chris Hendrickson The Circus of Values 13: Infinite Lighthouses, Infinite Stories: BioShock and the Aesthetics of Video Game Storytelling Laszlo Kajtar 14: Have You Ever Been To Rapture? BioShock as an Introduction to Phenomenology Stefan Schevelier 15: "Evolve today!" Human Enhancement Technologies in the BioShock Universe Simon Ledder 16: Vending Machine Values: Buying Beauty and Morality in BioShock Michael J. Muniz .