Playing as Others: Theology and Ethical Responsibility in Video Games

by Benjamin J Chicka

No contemporary form of pop culture has as large a social impact as video games, an entertainment industry whose yearly revenues continue to rise. Gamergate rocked the gaming industry when isolated incidents of male gamers threatening female game developers and critics grew into a sustained campaign of harassment against minorities and the historically marginalized. These events negatively revealed the political, ethical, and theological meaning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481315463
• ISBN13: 9781481315463
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 235 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.9" x 9.2"