Dual Wield: The Interplay of Poetry and Video GamesIn recent years, poetry and video games have begun talking to – and taking from – one another in earnest. Poets, ever in pursuit of meaning, now draw inspiration from digital-interactive fantasy worlds, while video game developers aim to enrich their creations by imbuing them with poetic depth. This book investigates the phenomena of poem-game hybrids and other forms of poetic-ludic interplay, making use of both a multidisciplinary critical approach and the author’s own experiments in building and testing hybrid artefacts. What emerges is the suggestion of a future where reading and playing are no longer seen as separate endeavours, where the quests for sensory pleasure and philosophic insight are one and the same. |
Contents
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1 The Book and the Maze | 17 |
2 Mixing Machines or Some common animating principles that prefigure poemgame interplay | 38 |
3 Matters of Translation or What happens when poems and video games borrow from one another | 62 |
4 Separation Anxiety or Plotting and visualising the tensions that exist between poetry and video games | 83 |
Four Types of Interplay | 105 |
6 Letters from a Wilderness | 128 |
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