by Colin Milburn
Duke University Press, 2018
Paper: 978-1-4780-0292-5 | eISBN: 978-1-4780-0278-9 | Cloth: 978-1-4780-0134-8
Library of Congress Classification GV1469.34.S52M55 2018

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ABOUT THIS BOOK
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.

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