Encountering the unexpected: play perversion in the political art-game and game-art

  • Authors:

  • Laetitia J. Wilson

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Western Australia

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Game research and development
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

This paper investigates political art-games and game-art in terms of their definition, function and various manifestations. The presence of political content in the game-space is discussed as an element of surprise which works to morph the play-space into a think-space. Attention will be given to the possibility for the game medium to tackle social realities and transmit powerful messages via means habitually accessed as entertainment.