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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Opening remarks 9
Preface to this edition 11
Chapter 1: Introduction 21
Chapter 2: Simulations, games and make-believe 27
Chapter 3: Computer game fiction 49
Chapter 4: The model and the avatar 81
Chapter 5: The simulator 103
Chapter 6: The computer game avatar 121
Chapter 7: 2D/3D 147
Chapter 8: The avatarial camera 173
Conclusion 215
Tracing the Avatar. An Afterword 219
Bibliography 227

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839445792-001

Chapters in this book

Frontmatter 1
Contents 5
Opening remarks 9
Preface to this edition 11
Chapter 1: Introduction 21
Chapter 2: Simulations, games and make-believe 27
Chapter 3: Computer game fiction 49
Chapter 4: The model and the avatar 81
Chapter 5: The simulator 103
Chapter 6: The computer game avatar 121
Chapter 7: 2D/3D 147
Chapter 8: The avatarial camera 173
Conclusion 215
Tracing the Avatar. An Afterword 219
Bibliography 227

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