![]() ![]() In other words, it requires a constant exploration and willingness to reinvent what it means to be vegan. Questions that come up while playing characterize the vegan movement at large and include things like ‘what is considered a living creature?’, ‘when is hurting another creature as a form of self-defense appropriate?’, ‘what should I do if I receive an item that contains animal products as a gift?’. So instead of a predefined set-out challenge (such as “don’t kill anyone” (in the case of pacifist-runs) or “complete the game as fast as possible” (in the case of speed-runs)) the game is approached according to values that can be negotiated with. Veganism is understood here as a general and interpretable ideology, not a strict set of rules. ![]() Similar to speed-runs or pacifist-runs, but with a clear focus on improvised decision making that is based on a guiding set of broadly interpretable values. This type of adjusted playing style is also called ‘ expansive gameplay‘. ( BOTW) (Nintendo, 2017) through a vegan-run I tried to practice Foucauldian self-fashioning with my-self (both virtual and actual) through disruption and destabilization of the default gameplay. This is done by taking the liberty to impose rules and disciplines over our own lives that shape specific ways of living freely within existing structures of domination and oppression.īy playing The Legend of Zelda – Breath of the Wild. In this context, self-fashioning refers to the constant and life-long practice of exerting power over one’s own life in order to find a personal sense of freedom. He hoped that freedom could be obtained through the practice of ‘care for the self’: to give a certain shape or style to one’s own life as a form of ethical or aesthetical self-fashioning (Foucault, 1988). The methods and practices that could be used for styling or transforming one’s self were defined by Foucault as ‘ technologies of the self’ (Foucault, 1988, p. He aimed to reframe our understanding of concepts like power and freedom not as static limitations but as arbitrary constraints that can be negotiated with and that give us the possibility to continuously reshape ourselves. Particularly in his later work, he emphasized the active and critical negotiation we can have with power structures as well as practicing different ways of living with limitations. Michel Foucault (1926-1984) was a French philosopher that focused his work on notions of power, freedom, and knowledge. ![]() On the other hand, I eat a lot of veggies and I do my best to fight the evil spirit of Ganon.” I don’t kill or bully other creatures, I don’t buy any leather or wool clothing items, I don’t pick up weapons made of bones, and I don’t tame or ride horses. In fact, I try to avoid all aspects of speciesism that I encounter during my adventures. This does not only mean that I refuse to eat animal products. This is because I am the chosen one who explores the virtual world of the Zelda game series as a protagonist, while pursuing an important quest for justice and peace. I tried to leave out as much academic jargon and complexity as possible, while keeping the main points of the text. (In this post I summarize a research paper I recently presented at the Philosophy of Computer Games conference.
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