Jonathan E. Abel, "The New Real: Media and Mimesis in Japan from Stereographs to Emoji" (U of Minnesota Press, 2023)
New Books in East Asian Studies
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The Return of Linearity in a Medium Gaming
The game is basically like a forking path that repeats, you know so it's there's whatever six pathways that you can go on and just goes back. And I thought if I could just understand this one simple thing maybe I'll get some deeper insight onto into these other more complex, you know sandbox type games where you're free to do anything or virtually right. It still carries a lot of interesting questions for contemporary game before questions of augmented reality and, and virtual reality as well.
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