Abstract The First-Person Shooter (FPS) is a popular game form, with examples appearing
on many different platforms. The genre has an almost two decade history and is represented …

In this paper I will give a phenomenological account of embodied presence through
computer game avatars, based on Maurice Merleau-Ponty's analysis of bodily intentionality …

I am grateful to a number of people for their support and help during the work with this thesis.
I wish to thank my supervisor Jostein Gripsrud for his guidance and support throughout the …

More and more military first-person shooters situate their action in contemporary conflicts,
with some claiming to various degrees to realistically depicted that conflict. Using the …

In this chapter I want to discuss the concept of 'cultural value'in computer games, as a
reflection on why and how games might be a part of a future European cultural policy. To …

The First Person Shooter (FPS) is a popular game form, with examples appearing on many
different platforms. Gameplay in the FPS is focused through the avatar, all the player's …

In this thesis, I analyse my fandom for the Formula One driver, Jacques Villeneuve. Despite
its rampant commercialism, innovative mediation, prestige and popular status within global …