Wandering Games

by Melissa Kagen

A thought-provoking analysis of wandering within different game worlds, viewed through the lenses of work, colonialism, gender, and death--with examples from The Last of Us Part II and others.

Wandering in games can be a theme, a formal mode, an aesthetic metaphor, or a player action. It can mean walking, escaping, traversing, meandering, or returning. In this book, game studies scholar Melissa Kagen introduces the concept...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262544245
• ISBN13: 9780262544245
• Release Date: October 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"