Ten Things Video Games Can Teach Us
(about life, philosophy and everything)
$40.19
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
31 July 2019
Summary
Would You Kill One Person to Save Five Others?
If you could upload all of your memories into a machine, would that machine be you? Is it possible we’re all already artificial intelligences, living inside a simulation?
These sound like questions from a philosophy class, but in fact they’re from modern, popular video games. Philosophical discussion often uses thought experiments to consider ideas that we can’t test in real life, and media like books, films, and games can make …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472143594 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472143590 |
| Author: | Jordan Erica Webber, Daniel Griliopoulos |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 31 July 2019 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 28mm |
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Fascinating … a unique insight into the culture that surrounds videogames and the work that is being produced within the industry … allows you to explore complex philosophical questions through videogames that you know, love and understand; it’s a link between worlds… a genuinely insightful and delicately crafted thought experiment - gamesTM
About The Author
Jordan Erica Webber
Jordan Erica Webber (Author)
Jordan Erica Webber is a writer and presenter specialising in video games and digital culture. She is the resident games expert on The Gadget Show (Channel 5), a guest presenter for BBC Radio 4, and host of multiple games and technology podcasts. Most of her writing appears in the Guardian.
Daniel Griliopoulos (Author)
Dan Griliopoulos is a writer specialising in video games. His work has been published in media including The New Statesman, the Mail on Sunday and the Guardian. He has a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from the University of Oxford and a lifelong love of classical philosophy. He is currently Lead Content Editor at tech firm Improbable.
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