JAPANESE CULTURE THROUGH VIDEOGAMES

Titles such as Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter and Katamari Damacy are evaluated in detail, showing how ideology and critique are conveyed through game narrative and character design as well as user interface, cabinet art, and peripherals. This boo k considers how Japan has been packaged for domestic and overseas consumers, and how Japanese designers have used the medium to ex press ideas about home and nation, nuclear energy, war and historical memory, social breakdown and bioethics.