Stranger in a Strange Land. Representing and Simulating Alterity in Computer Games

Hans-Joachim Backe

doi:10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06539-5.p.0371

Stranger in a Strange Land. Representing and Simulating Alterity in Computer Games

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Abstract

Focusing on several examples of digital games (Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, Max Payne 3, and Spec Ops: The Line), the article analyzes the artistic innovation at work in the processes of othering and defamiliarization.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Le Comparatisme comme approche critique : Littérature, science, savoirs et technologie/Literature, Knowledge, Science and Technology
Number of pages	16
Volume	6
Place of Publication	Paris
Publisher	Classiques Garnier
Publication date	2017
Pages	371-386
ISBN (Print)	9782406065371
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06539-5.p.0371
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	World Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association - Paris, Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris, France Duration: 18 Jul 2013 → 24 Jul 2014 Conference number: XX

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Conference	World Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association
Number	XX
Location	Paris, Université Paris-Sorbonne
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	18/07/2013 → 24/07/2014

Keywords

Digital Games
Artistic Innovation
Othering
Defamiliarization
Narrative Analysis

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Backe, H-J 2017, Stranger in a Strange Land. Representing and Simulating Alterity in Computer Games. in Le Comparatisme comme approche critique: Littérature, science, savoirs et technologie/Literature, Knowledge, Science and Technology. vol. 6, Classiques Garnier, Paris, pp. 371-386, World Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association, Paris, France, 18/07/2013. https://doi.org/10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-06539-5.p.0371

Stranger in a Strange Land. Representing and Simulating Alterity in Computer Games. / Backe, Hans-Joachim.
Le Comparatisme comme approche critique: Littérature, science, savoirs et technologie/Literature, Knowledge, Science and Technology. Vol. 6 Paris: Classiques Garnier, 2017. p. 371-386.

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