Farrow, Robert and Iacovides, Ioanna orcid.org/0000-0001-9674-8440 (2014) Gaming and the limits of digital embodiment. Philosophy and Technology. pp. 221-233. ISSN 2210-5441
Abstract
This paper discusses the nature and limits of player embodiment within digital games. We identify a convergence between everyday bodily actions and activity within digital environments, and a trend towards incorporating natural forms of movement into gaming worlds through mimetic control devices. We examine recent literature in the area of immersion and presence in digital gaming; Calleja?s (2011) recent Player Involvement Model of gaming is discussed and found to rely on a probematic notion of embodiment as 'incorporation'. We go on to further reflect on the nature of player involvement in digital gaming environments by applying insights from Maurice Merleau-Ponty's Phenomenology of Perception. It is argued that digital embodiment differs so significantly from primordial embodiment that any idea of total immersion is simply fantasy. We subsequently argue that digital game media nonetheless provide us with unique opportunities for exploring the nature of distinctively human forms of embodiment, and so we need more complete and more reliable phenomenological descriptions of the experiences associated with computer games.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details |
Keywords: | phenomenology,videogames,embodiment,presence,immersion,proprioception,entertainment,gaming,experience,play,design,Merleau-Ponty,Calleja |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 09 May 2018 08:20 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:12 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-013-0111-1 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s13347-013-0111-1 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:130590 |