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Ability Machines

What Video Games Mean for Disability
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Video games are both physically and cognitively demanding-so what does that mean for those with a disability or mental illness? Though they may seem at odds, Ability Machines illuminates just how vital video games are to understanding our bodies and abilities. In Ability Machines, Sky LaRell Anderson shows us how video games can help us imagine what our abilities mean and how they engage us physically, behaviorally, and cognitively to envision our agency beyond limitations. On the surface, this can mean games provide power fantasies; more profoundly, games can fundamentally reshape cultural and personal understandings of mental health, illness, disability, and accessibility. Video games are indeed ability machines that produce a reimagined state of agency. Featuring a comparative analysis of key video game titles, including Metal Gear Solid V, Wolfenstein II, Celeste, Devil May Cry 5, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Hades, Nier: Automata, and more, Ability Machines tackles larger questions of ability and how our bodies relate to interactive media.
Sky LaRell Anderson is Assistant Professor of Digital Media Arts in the Department of Emerging Media at the University of St. Thomas.
Acknowledgments Note to Reader: How I Have Tried to Make this Book Accessible Prologue: Video Games and Your Body Section 1: Accessing Ability Interview with Steven Spohn of AbleGamers 1. Gaming Journalism and Discourse about Disability Interview with Marijn Rongen of CanIPlayThat.com 2. Designing for Accessibility Improves Video Games Section 2: Producing Ability Interview with Clinton Lexa of Ubisoft Montreal 3. Streaming Transforms Disability Identities Interview with Kelli Dunlap of Take This 4. The Gaming Industry Strains Mental Health Interview with Artist and Game Designer Kara Stone 5. Designing Games Offers Mental Healing, Hurt, and Health Section 3: Depicting Ability Interview with University of St. Thomas Game Design Students 6. Reimagining Disability in Video Game Depictions Interview with University of Utah Game Design Students 7. Portraying Mental Illness through Interactivity Epilogue: Reimagining Your Body through Video Games Gameography References Index
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