Avatar, Assembled: The Social And Technical Anatomy Of Digital Bodies (Digital Formations) - 9781433138287

Much like the multiple customization options many games offer to videogame players, Avatar, Assembled offers the reader multiple fascinating angles from which to understand game avatars. Covering the social and technical aspects that make up our digital representations, the book draws on specific game examples, highlights well-known avatars, and brings in classic as well as cutting-edge theory about how and why these representations come to matter to us so much. For games scholars and interested players, this volume is not to be missed.-Mia ConsalvoProfessor, Communication StudiesCanada Research Chair in Game Studies and DesignConcordia University (Montreal, Canada)

• | Author: Jaime Banks, Jaime Banks
• | Publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
• | Publication Date: Nov 30, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 328 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 143313828X
• | ISBN-13: 9781433138287