![]() ![]() A research tradition most often known as embodied cognition maps the ways our bodies affect how we think. However, this is a dubious representation of embodiment. The basic experience of being them is still the same. A Khajiit might see in the dark, an Argonian may breathe water, and a Breton might resist magic, but they are all still humans wrapped in a layer of fantastic and endowed with supernatural power. ![]() Yet it seems that no matter the differences between the fantastic races, the basic experience of what is it like to be each is essentially similar. In Skyrim, I can occupy the body of a magical creature from a fantastic race with a different gender than mine. I’ve played The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda 2011) now for 81 hours, with three different characters. He has published on play, meaning in games, game definitions and the media perception of games and violence. His main research interest is studying the structures of meaning found in games, and he is working on a dissertation on game hermeneutics. Jonne Arjoranta is a PhD candidate at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, where he researches and teaches games. ![]()
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