First-Person Shooter Videogames

In seven chapters, this book offers a comprehensive and accessible characterisation of the first-person shooter videogame genre. The first and introductory chapter outlines the structure of the book, and the second provides an overview of the history of the first-person shooter videogame genre. The next four chapters each comment on a defining peculiarity of the first-person shooter videogame genre, namely the first-person perspective, the shooting gaming mechanics, the heroic in-game narrative or background story, and multiplayer gaming. In the seventh and last chapter, it is argued that educators can use first-person shooter videogames to encourage their students to reflect on historical and philosophical issues.