Cogburn, Jon.

Philosophy through video games / Jon Cogburn and Mark Silcox. - New York : Routledge, 2009. - xii, 197 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [182]-190) and index.

I, player : the puzzle of personal identity (MMORPGS and virtual communities) -- The game inside the mind, the mind inside the game (The Nintendo Wii gaming console) -- "Realistic blood and gore" : do violent games make violent gamers? (first-person shooters) -- Games and God's goodness (world-builder and tycoon games) -- The metaphysics of interactive art (puzzle and adventure games) -- Artificial and human intelligence (single-player RPGs) -- Epilogue: Video games and the meaning of life.

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