The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Games (Hardcover, 1)

Introduction?C. Thi Nguyen and John R. Sageng??Part 1: Introduction and Historical Foundations??1. What’s in a Game? Huizinga, Caillois and Conventional Behavior in Games?Chad Carlson??2. Suits on Games and Their Value?C. Thi Nguyen??3. Sport and Games -?William Morgan??4. What is a Computer Game??Veli-Matti Karhulahti and John R. Sageng??Part 2: Game Ontology??5. Games as Rules?Richard Royce??6. Cheating While Playing (and Cheating at Playing)?A.J. Kreider??7. Existential ludology: Computer Games as Worlds?Sebastian Moring and Olli Leino??8. Space in Computer Games?Stephan Gunzel??9. Simulations and Games?Andreas Gregersen??10. Fiction and Narrative in Videogames?Grant Tavinor??Part 3: Play and Players??11. Magic Circles and the Separateness of Play?Jaakko Stenros??12. The Variable Nature of Play?Annika Waern??13. The Body and Varieties of Play?R. Scott Kretchmar??14. Avatarhood?Rune Klevjer??Part 4: Aesthetics of Games??15. On Ludic Beauty: Kant, Schiller and the Aesthetics of Gameplay?Daniel Vella??16. Game Immersion: The Experience of Virtual Environment Habitation?Gordon Calleja??17. Analysing Interactivity and the Performative Actions of Games?Shelby Moser??18. Hermeneutics of Play?Jonne Arjoranta??19. Representation in Games?Ida Jørgensen and Pawel Grabarzcyk??20. Aesthetics of Sport?Andrew Edgar??Part 5: Ethics and Values of Games??21. Critical Theory and the Computer Game?Graeme Kirkpatrick??22. Race and Gender in Games?Stephanie Patridge??23. Representations of Violence in Games?Christopher Bartel??24. Critical Overview of Technological Enhancement in sport?Emily Ryall??25. Games, Rule Violations, and Fair Play?Sigmund Loland??26. Playing a Good Life?Miguel Sicart??27. Bernard Suits on the Value of Autotelic Gameplay?Christopher C. Yorke.??Index