Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 5
3. Preface and Acknowledgements 7
4. Utopian Futures. A Brief History of Their Conception and Representation in Modern Media—From Literature to Digital Games 9
5. Utopias in Digital Games
6. Tinkering with Political Utopias and Dystopias in DEMOCRACY 3. An Educational Perspective 69
7. The Concept of Utopia in Digital Games 99
8. “Everything is true; nothing is permitted”. Utopia, Religion and Conspiracy in ASSASSIN’S CREED 149
9. Beyond the Holonovel. The Holographic Interactive Digital Entertainment Utopia of STAR TREK 187
10. Utopias of Digital Games
11. Feminist Interventions for Better Futures of Digital Games 211
12. Ludopian Visions. On the Speculative Potential of Games in Times of Algorithmic Work and Play 235
13. Playful Utopias. Sandboxes for the Future 253
14. Building Utopia, Brick by Brick? Selling Subversiveness in LEGO DIMENSIONS 267
15. We have won this battle ;) Modding and Swapping as a Utopian Video Game Practice 285
16. The Utopia of Getting Over It 315
17. Contributors 327