Wandering Games (Paperback)

Acknowledgments vii
1 Introduction 1
2 Late Capitalism: Caring for Corpses in Return of the Obra Dinn 29
3 Romantic Precarity: Eastshade as a Fantasy of Work 45
4 Walking in Circles: Bodily Constraints in Ritual of the Moon 65
5 Traveling Through: Decentering the Explorer in 80 Days 85
6 Language Worlds: Empire and Undoing in Heaven's Vault 103
7 After Life: Death Stranding and The Last of Us Part II 121
8 Conclusion 137
Notes 143
Bibliography 173
Ludography 195
Filmography 197
Index 199