Manifest Destiny 2.0: Genre Trouble in Game Worlds

by Sara Humphreys and Sara Humphreys

Book Overview

At a time when print and film have shown the classic Western and noir genres to be racist, heteronormative, and neocolonial, Sara Humphreys's Manifest Destiny 2.0 asks why these genres endure so prolifically in the video game market. While video games provide a radically new and exciting medium for storytelling, most game narratives do not offer fresh ways of understanding the world.

Video games with complex storylines are based on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496224213
• ISBN13: 9781496224217
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"