Philosophy Through Video Games

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ISBN: 9780415988582 | 0415988586
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/23/2008

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Avariety of increasingly sophisticated video games are rapidly overtaking books, films, and television as America's most popular form of media entertainment. It is estimated that by 2011 over 30 percent of US households will own a Wii console - about the same percentage that owned a television in 1953.

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Preface	p. vi
Acknowledgments	p. x
Note on Book's Webpage	p. xiii
I, Player: The Puzzle of Personal Identity (MMORPGs and Virtual Communities)	p. 1
The Game Inside the Mind, the Mind Inside the Game (The Nintendo Wii Gaming Console)	p. 17
"Realistic Blood and Gore": Do Violent Games Make Violent Gamers? (First-Person Shooters)	p. 50
Games and God's Goodness (World-Builder and Tycoon Games)	p. 73
The Metaphysics of Interactive Art (Puzzle and Adventure Games)	p. 91
Artificial and Human Intelligence (Single-Player RPGs)	p. 109
Epilogue: Video Games and the Meaning of Life	p. 135
Notes	p. 156
Bibliography	p. 182
Index	p. 191
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