First-person shooter videogames / / Alberto Oya.

• Superior document: Brill Research Perspectives in Popular Culture
• VerfasserIn: Oya, Alberto,
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill Academic Publishers,, 2023.
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Popular culture (Brill Academic Publishers)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 102 pages).

"This book offers a comprehensive and accessible characterisation of the first-person shooter videogame genre. After providing an overview of the history of the first-person shooter videogame genre, Alberta Oya comments on the various defining peculiarities of the first-person shooter videogame genre, namely the first-person perspective, the shooting gaming mechanics, the heroic in-game narrative or background story, and multiplayer gaming. Oya explores these features and uses them to argue that educators can use first-person shooter videogames to encourage their students to reflect on historical and philosophical issues"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Preface -- First-Person Shooter Videogames -- Abstract -- Keywords -- 1 Introduction -- 2 History of the First-Person Shooter Videogame Genre -- 3 "First-Person" in First-Person Shooter Videogames -- 3.1 The Visual Peculiarity of the First-Person Shooter Videogame Genre -- 3.2 First-Person Shooter Videogames, Cinema and Film Pornography -- 3.3 First-Person Perspective and the Identity of the Playable Videogame Character -- 4 "Shooting" in First-Person Shooter Videogames -- 5 The Heroic Narrative in First-Person Shooter Videogames -- 6 Multiplayer Gaming in First-Person Shooter Videogames -- 7 How to Take Pedagogical Advantage of a First-Person Shooter Videogame -- Conclusion -- References -- Videogames Cited -- Films Cited -- Index.