{"product_id":"video-games-have-always-been-queer-paperback","title":"Video Games Have Always Been Queer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBonnie Ruberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArgues for the queer potential of video games\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhile popular discussions about queerness in video games often focus on big-name, mainstream games that feature LGBTQ characters, like Mass Effect or Dragon Age, Bonnie Ruberg pushes the concept of queerness in games beyond a matter of representation, exploring how video games can be played, interpreted, and designed queerly, whether or not they include overtly LGBTQ content. \u003ci\u003eVideo Games Have Always Been Queer\u003c\/i\u003e argues that the medium of video games itself can--and should--be read queerly. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the first book dedicated to bridging game studies and queer theory, Ruberg resists the common, reductive narrative that games are only now becoming more diverse. Revealing what reading D. A. Miller can bring to the popular 2007 video game Portal, or what Eve Sedgwick offers Pong, Ruberg models the ways game worlds offer players the opportunity to explore queer experience, affect, and desire. As players attempt to 'pass' in Octodad or explore the pleasure of failure in Burnout: Revenge, Ruberg asserts that, even within a dominant gaming culture that has proved to be openly hostile to those perceived as different, queer people have always belonged in video games--because video games have, in fact, always been queer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonnie Ruberg\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine and is the co-editor (with Adrienne Shaw) of \u003ci\u003eQueer Games Studies\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 19, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42740211187775,"sku":"9781479843749","price":73.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a1ce15c4bdfe26689c4a7e694e683605.webp?v=1765159291","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/video-games-have-always-been-queer-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}