A playful reflection on animals and video games, and what each can
teach us about the other Video games conjure new worlds for those
who play them, human or otherwise: they've been played by cats,
orangutans, pigs, and penguins, and they let gamers experience life
from the perspective of a pet dog, a predator or a prey animal, or
even a pathogen. In Game, author Tom Tyler provides the first
sustained consideration of video games and animals and demonstrates
how thinking about animals and games together can prompt fresh
thinking about both. Game comprises thirteen short essays, each of
which examines a particular video game, franchise, aspect of
gameplay, or production in which animals are featured, allowing us
to reflect on conventional understandings of humans, animals, and
the relationships between them. Tyler contemplates the significance
of animals who insert themselves into video games, as protagonists,
opponents, and brute resources, but also as ciphers, subjects, and
subversive guides to new ways of thinking. These animals encourage
us to reconsider how we understand games, contesting established
ideas about winning and losing, difficulty settings, accessibility,
playing badly, virtuality, vitality and vulnerability, and much
more. Written in a playful style, Game draws from a dizzying array
of sources, from children's television, sitcoms, and regional
newspapers to medieval fables, Shakespearean tragedy, and Edwardian
comedy; from primatology, entomology, and hunting and fishing
manuals to theological tracts and philosophical treatises. By
examining video games through the lens of animals and animality,
Tyler leads us to a greater humility regarding the nature and
status of the human creature, and a greater sensitivity in dealings
with other animals.
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