Chris Goto-Jones is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at the University of Victoria. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow of SOAS, University of London.

[T]his thought-provoking volume is certainly worth reading for anyone interested in videogames, Japanese philosophy, or frameworks of cross-cultural perception such as Orientalism. The contributions of the illustrator Siku and the use of poetic language in the manifesto make this a very attractive and entertaining volume for people to read. Mixing this material with the academic analysis is a bold move, one which pays off, broadening the target audience and opening up what has often been seen as the closed world of fighting-game culture.

• Introduction: (Video)games and violence/1. Violence and Self-Cultivation: Embodied Orientalism/2. Digital Embodiment and the Dojo/3. The Virtual Ninja Manifesto/4. From Techno-Orientalism to Gamic Orientalism/Conclusion: Videogames and Emancipation/Bibliography/Index

Chris Goto-Jones is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at the University of Victoria. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow of SOAS, University of London.

[T]his thought-provoking volume is certainly worth reading for anyone interested in videogames, Japanese philosophy, or frameworks of cross-cultural perception such as Orientalism. The contributions of the illustrator Siku and the use of poetic language in the manifesto make this a very attractive and entertaining volume for people to read. Mixing this material with the academic analysis is a bold move, one which pays off, broadening the target audience and opening up what has often been seen as the closed world of fighting-game culture.

• Introduction: (Video)games and violence/1. Violence and Self-Cultivation: Embodied Orientalism/2. Digital Embodiment and the Dojo/3. The Virtual Ninja Manifesto/4. From Techno-Orientalism to Gamic Orientalism/Conclusion: Videogames and Emancipation/Bibliography/Index

Chris Goto-Jones is Professor of Philosophy and Dean of Humanities at the University of Victoria. He is also a Professorial Research Fellow of SOAS, University of London.

[T]his thought-provoking volume is certainly worth reading for anyone interested in videogames, Japanese philosophy, or frameworks of cross-cultural perception such as Orientalism. The contributions of the illustrator Siku and the use of poetic language in the manifesto make this a very attractive and entertaining volume for people to read. Mixing this material with the academic analysis is a bold move, one which pays off, broadening the target audience and opening up what has often been seen as the closed world of fighting-game culture.

• Introduction: (Video)games and violence/1. Violence and Self-Cultivation: Embodied Orientalism/2. Digital Embodiment and the Dojo/3. The Virtual Ninja Manifesto/4. From Techno-Orientalism to Gamic Orientalism/Conclusion: Videogames and Emancipation/Bibliography/Index