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Is “flow” in video games actually good? Think again.
Against Flow
video games and the flowing subject
$158.48
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
19 July 2021
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Summary
Against Flow: A Critical Look at Immersion in Video Games
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 take…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262045506 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262045508 |
| Author: | Braxton Soderman |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 19 July 2021 |
| Weight: | 620g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
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About The Author
Braxton Soderman
Braxton Soderman is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies in the School of Humanities at the University of California, Irvine.
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