Publication at Faculty of Arts |
2022
Abstract
What is xeno-gaming today? If the xeno is predicated on the disclosure of unconscious infrastructures and its attendant alienation, what might we consider Alfie Bown's call for "subversive gaming?" How to play against the apparatus when the game is your life, and what role might the recent rise of blockchain gaming and the NFT economy play in fostering a future where the affluent continue to play for the lulz, while the disenfranchised play for their life?