grace_machine's review
4.0
Very good. Brendan articulates a lot of things that I have been feeling about video games for a long time, but with a heavy arsenal of research and theory to supplement it. At lot of the stuff about embodiment in this book has helped me think through a ton of games I have played since starting it. It has its limits. Brendan's theoretical framework does not exclude disabled people, but it also doesn't bring them in and I would love to see someone roll with this to write a comprehensive video game theory about disability.
A good entry point into games studies and a work I will use and think about in my criticism from now on.
A good entry point into games studies and a work I will use and think about in my criticism from now on.
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