My Avatar, My Self: Identity in Video Role-playing Games

by ZachWaggoner (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2009

  $23.68

  Examines the relationships between virtual and non-virtual identity in visual role-playing games. Utilizing James Gee's theoretical constructs of real-world identity, virtual-world identity, and projective identity, this research shows dynamic, varying and complex relationships between the virtual avatar and the player's sense of self.