{"id":6729,"date":"2025-12-31T11:26:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T11:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/digitalculturesandarts.ch\/?p=6729"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:15:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:15:46","slug":"kathrin-trattner-the-role-of-enemies-in-military-shooter-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digitalculturesandarts.ch\/de\/kathrin-trattner-the-role-of-enemies-in-military-shooter-video-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathrin Trattner: \u00abThe Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games\u00bb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">In her book, <a href=\"https:\/\/digitalculturesandarts.ch\/de\/people\/dr-kathrin-trattner\/\">Kathrin Trattner<\/a> provides a systematic framework for a comparative and intersectional analysis of enemies in first-person military shooter games. Integrating theories and methods from game studies, cultural studies, and religious studies, the book introduces the concept of \u201cludic othering.\u201d By applying the concept to a variety of military shooters produced during the heyday of the War on Terror, the book illustrates \u201cludic othering\u2019s\u201d analytical potential in answering a central question: What social and cultural ascriptions are at play in the portrayal of enemies?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Role-of-Enemies-in-Military-Shooter-Video-Games-On-Hostile-Ground\/Trattner\/p\/book\/9781032555652\">Mehr Informationen<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In her book, Kathrin Trattner provides a systematic framework for a comparative and intersectional analysis of enemies in first-person military shooter games. Integrating theories and methods from game studies, cultural studies, and religious studies, the book introduces the concept of \u201cludic othering.\u201d By applying the concept to a variety of military shooters produced during the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6732,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6729","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-publication"],"mb":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kathrin Trattner: \u00abThe Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games\u00bb - digital cultures and arts<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/digitalculturesandarts.ch\/de\/kathrin-trattner-the-role-of-enemies-in-military-shooter-video-games\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"de_DE\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kathrin Trattner: \u00abThe Role of Enemies in Military Shooter Video Games\u00bb - digital cultures and arts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In her book, Kathrin Trattner provides a systematic framework for a comparative and intersectional analysis of enemies in first-person military shooter games. 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