BioShock: Decision, Forced Choice and Propaganda
- ISBN-10
- 1782793461
- ISBN-13
- 9781782793465
- Series
- BioShock
- Category
- Games & Activities
- Pages
- 349
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-28
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Author
- Robert Jackson
Description
A historical, critical look at the famous videogame franchise BioShock, understanding it through philosophical, ideological and computational interpretations of systems, decisions and 'propaganda'.
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