{"product_id":"critical-play-radical-game-design-the-mit-press-9780262518659","title":"Critical Play Radical Game Design The MIT Press","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn examination of subversive games like \u003ci\u003eThe Sims\u003c\/i\u003e—games designed for political, aesthetic, and social critique.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? In \u003ci\u003eCritical Play\u003c\/i\u003e, artist and game designer Mary Flanagan examines alternative games—games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry—and argues that games designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFlanagan provides a lively historical context for critical play through twentieth-century art movements, connecting subversive game design to subversive art: her examples of “playing house” include Dadaist puppet shows and \u003ci\u003eThe Sims\u003c\/i\u003e. She looks at artists’ alternative computer-bas","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52195159802199,"sku":"9780262518659","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780262518659.jpg?v=1763646584","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/critical-play-radical-game-design-the-mit-press-9780262518659","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}