Against Flow: Video Games and the Flowing Subject

by Braxton Soderman

A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games.

Flow--as conceptualized by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi--describes an experience of "being in the zone," of intense absorption in an activity. It is a central concept in the study of video games, although often applied somewhat uncritically. In Against Flow, Braxton Soderman takes a step back and offers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262045508
• ISBN13: 9780262045506
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"