Performing the Force: Essays on Immersion into Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Environments - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0786408952 ISBN 13: 9780786408955

Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc, 2001

Synopsis

With the technology of the new millennium continuing to advance, there has been an increased interest in participatory forms of science fiction, fantasy, and horror entertainment such as role-playing and computer games, websites, and virtual reality settings. People seem to have a desire to go beyond the ordinary and well into the fantastic. This work is a compilation of new essays (all but one never before published) written by experts in both electronic and non-electronic game genres, covering computer games, web pages, Internet role-playing, interactive movies, table-top games, live-action role-playing, ghost hunts, action figures and amusement park rides. They cover a variety of viewpoints as to how and why people become so engrossed with virtual reality-type activities.

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About the Author

Kurt Lancaster is a lecturer on the Literature Faculty and in the Comparative Media Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Edition details

• Publisher: McFarland & Co Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0786408952
• ISBN 13: 9780786408955
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200
• Editor: Lancaster Kurt, Mikotowicz Thomas J.