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The Virtual Ninja Manifesto: Gamic Orientalism and the Digital Dojo
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
Publication date
September 16, 2016
Pages
112
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781783489817
ISBN-10
1783489812
Dimensions
0 by 5.50 by 8.50 in.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$100.00
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Navigating between societyâs moral panics about the influence of violent videogames and philosophical texts about self-cultivation in the martial arts, The Virtual Ninja Manifesto asks whether the figure of the âvirtual ninjaâ can emerge as an aspirational figure in the twenty-first century.
Engaging with the literature around embodied cognition, Zen philosophy and techno-Orientalism it argues that virtual martial arts can be reconstructed as vehicles for moral cultivation and self-transformation. It argues that the kind of training required to master videogames approximates the kind of training described in Zen literature on the martial arts. Arguing that shift from the actual dÅjÅ to a digital dÅjÅ represents only a change in the technological means of practice, it offers a new manifesto for gamers to signify their gaming practice. Moving beyond perennial debates about the role of violence in videogames and the manipulation of moral choices in gamic environments it explores the possibility that games promote and assess spiritual development.
Engaging with the literature around embodied cognition, Zen philosophy and techno-Orientalism it argues that virtual martial arts can be reconstructed as vehicles for moral cultivation and self-transformation. It argues that the kind of training required to master videogames approximates the kind of training described in Zen literature on the martial arts. Arguing that shift from the actual dÅjÅ to a digital dÅjÅ represents only a change in the technological means of practice, it offers a new manifesto for gamers to signify their gaming practice. Moving beyond perennial debates about the role of violence in videogames and the manipulation of moral choices in gamic environments it explores the possibility that games promote and assess spiritual development.
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Hardcover
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from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (September 16, 2016)
9781783489817 | details & prices | 112 pages | List price $100.00
About: Navigating between societyâs moral panics about the influence of violent videogames and philosophical texts about self-cultivation in the martial arts, The Virtual Ninja Manifesto asks whether the figure of the âvirtual ninjaâ can emerge as an aspirational figure in the twenty-first century.
About: Navigating between societyâs moral panics about the influence of violent videogames and philosophical texts about self-cultivation in the martial arts, The Virtual Ninja Manifesto asks whether the figure of the âvirtual ninjaâ can emerge as an aspirational figure in the twenty-first century.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc (August 16, 2016)
9781783489824 | details & prices | 112 pages | List price $32.95
About: Draws on the traditions of the martial arts to ask whether playing violent videogames actually transform gamers into better people.
About: Draws on the traditions of the martial arts to ask whether playing violent videogames actually transform gamers into better people.
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