Black Skin White Guns: Becoming Colonizer in Resident Evil 5

Sabine Harrer, Martin Pichlmair

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    Abstract

    This paper talks about the manifestation of colonial thinking in the Japanese video game Resident Evil 5. Through three gameplay vignettes the balance between an enjoyable video game and the traces of colonial logic is described. This is possible by contrasting the gameoplay with Frantz Fanon's first hand descriptions of colonialistic mechanisms.
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication date2015
    Number of pages16
    Publication statusPublished - 2015
    EventPhilosophy of Computer Games Conference 2015: Meaning and Computer Games - Berlin, Germany
    Duration: 14 Oct 201517 Oct 2015

    Conference

    ConferencePhilosophy of Computer Games Conference 2015
    Country/TerritoryGermany
    CityBerlin
    Period14/10/201517/10/2015

    Keywords

    • Colonial thinking
    • Resident Evil 5
    • Gameplay vignettes
    • Colonial logic
    • Frantz Fanon

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