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Shooter
SHOOTER is an anthology of critical essays about first-person shooters. The 15 chapters explore the genre from a variety of cultural, social, political, and historical perspectives. Featuring chapters from some of the best minds in game criticism, custom hand-drawn illustrations, and a foreword by Clint Hocking, lead designer on Far Cry 2 and Splinter Cell.
127 pages, Kindle Edition
First published June 1, 2015
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July 16, 2015
Shooter is a good collection of video game essays focusing on deep level criticism of the FPS genre. Looking for a female perspective of gameplaying? How about a culture dive of Pripyat and nuclear fallout? Maybe just a mechanical focus on how to turn genre expectations around? This books has an essay for you. In fact, it probably has several essays for you.
The mission of this book is really to just take the FPS genre from the hands of your local college frat boys. They want to spotlight the way that DOOM and Fallout 3 are connected, how FarCry 2 and Perfect Dark are similar, and how any game in one of the most maligned genres can be deep and spiritual and cultural in a way you'd never expect.
At the very least, I now have a handful of new writers to check out after reading this.
The mission of this book is really to just take the FPS genre from the hands of your local college frat boys. They want to spotlight the way that DOOM and Fallout 3 are connected, how FarCry 2 and Perfect Dark are similar, and how any game in one of the most maligned genres can be deep and spiritual and cultural in a way you'd never expect.
At the very least, I now have a handful of new writers to check out after reading this.
October 29, 2015
Bit New Game Journalism-y but each essay is well written enough to get away with it
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