Delicious Pixels: Food in Video Games - Video Games and the Humanities - Agata Waszkiewicz - Books - De Gruyter - 9783110716474 - June 6, 2022
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Agata Waszkiewicz
Delicious Pixels: Food in Video Games - Video Games and the Humanities

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Delicious Pixels bridges the gap between the two interdisciplinary fields of game and critical food studies. Although there are increasing examples of work examining how literature and film approach the complexities of food, attention to its representation in video games remains underdeveloped.



Delicious Pixels utilizes feminist and queer frameworks to assess how food-related behaviors inform the construction of marginalized identities. Furthermore, it discusses how games operationalize food as a means of creating a sense of safety and coziness for the player, recognizing the increasing focus placed in them on food aesthetics.

Using the theoretical framework of both disciplines, Delicious Pixels introduces video games to food studies, recognizing how the medium reflects global attitudes and beliefs surrounding food and eating.

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released June 6, 2022
ISBN13 9783110716474
Publishers De Gruyter
Pages 196
Dimensions 150 × 220 × 20 mm   ·   418 g
Language English  

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