{"product_id":"the-playstation-dreamworld-paperback","title":"The PlayStation Dreamworld - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlfie Bown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom mobile phones to consoles, tablets and PCs, we are now a generation of gamers. \u003ci\u003eThe PlayStation Dreamworld\u003c\/i\u003e is - to borrow a phrase from Slavoj Zizek - the pervert's guide to videogames. It argues that we can only understand the world of videogames via Lacanian dream analysis. It also argues that the Left needs to work inside this dreamspace - a powerful arena for constructing our desires - or else the dreamworld will fall entirely into the hands of dominant and reactionary forces. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e While cyberspace is increasingly dominated by corporate organization, gaming, at its most subversive, can nevertheless produce radical forms of enjoyment which threaten the capitalist norms that are created and endlessly repeated in our daily relationships with mobile phones, videogames, computers and other forms of technological entertainment. Far from being a book solely for dedicated gamers, this book dissects the structure of our relationships to all technological entertainment at a time when entertainment has become ubiquitous. We can no longer escape our fantasies but rather live inside their digital reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfie Bown\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Literature at Hang Seng Management College, Hong Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 140\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 20, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773397565728,"sku":"9781509518036","price":34.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c56a7f2a99d0a073d38f7c9c6f3fdc79_73ba2046-cad3-4bdf-befa-6fdaf82b19fe.webp?v=1780426127","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-playstation-dreamworld-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}