{"product_id":"representing-conflicts-in-games-antagonism-rivalry-and-competition-paperback","title":"Representing Conflicts in Games: Antagonism, Rivalry, and Competition - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBjörn Sjöblom\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJonas Linderoth\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eAnders Frank\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers an overview of how conflicts are represented and enacted in games, in a variety of genres and game systems. Games are a cultural form apt at representing real world conflicts, and this edited volume highlights the intrinsic connection between games and conflict through a set of theoretical and empirical studies. It interrogates the nature and use of conflicts as a fundamental aspect of game design, and how a wide variety of conflicts can be represented in digital and analogue games.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book asks what we can learn from conflicts in games, how our understanding of conflicts change when we turn them into playful objects, and what types of conflicts are still not represented in games. It queries the way games make us think about armed conflict, and how games can help us understand such conflicts in new ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering a deeper understanding of how games can serve political, pedagogical, or persuasive purposes, this volume will interest scholars and students working in fields such as game studies, media studies, and war studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBjörn Sjöblom\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies and Military History at the Swedish Defence University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJonas Linderoth\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor in the Department of Education, Communication and Learning at the University of Gothenburg, and Visiting Professor at the Department of War Studies and Military History at the Swedish Defence University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAnders Frank\u003c\/strong\u003e is Senior Lecturer at the Department of War Studies and Military History at the Swedish Defence University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 244\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42739818790975,"sku":"9781032285597","price":97.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8ec9d1a772d5ada0a14142e6859a1e05.webp?v=1765157914","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/representing-conflicts-in-games-antagonism-rivalry-and-competition-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}