Videogames about politics as states of exception

This article looks at videogames about politics within the theoretical framework of Giorgio Agamben’s states of exception and argues that while videogames can reveal political issues by implementing rules into the gameplay, they simultaneously render the in-game rules and consequences inoperative in...

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Subtitles:Special Issue: "Democracy Dies Playfully: (Anti-)Democratic Ideas in and Around Video Games"
Main Author: Hao, Yu (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2020
In: Gamevironments
Year: 2020, Volume: 13, Pages: 257-289
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Agamben, Giorgio 1942-, Stato di eccezione / Agamben, Giorgio 1942- / Video game / Rules of the game / Politics / Law
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
ZC Politics in general
ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies
Further subjects:B gamevironments
B Play
B state of exception
B pure means
B Politics
B Agamben
B Inoperativity
B Videogames
B Rules
B Freedom
B Desecration
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