You Are Where You Play
On presence, memory, and the felt sense of digital placeBy Mike Finn, PhD
Length23m
About this audiobook
Why do vintage game maps feel as vivid as streets we’ve actually walked? In this concise, provocative book, psychologist‑philosopher Mike Finn reveals how digital worlds become genuine places when they engage the body’s deep architectures of play. From Tetris flow states to team tactics on Counter‑Strike’s de_dust2, Finn traces the rhythms of spatial memory, motor prediction, and collective coordination that let pixels evoke presence. The result is a fresh lens on virtual life—one that sidesteps screen‑time panic and VR hype to show how digital and physical realms can enrich one another without erasing our sense of self.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenrePhilosophy, Technology
Length23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 30, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1You Are Where You Play: The Hidden Context of Digital Presence
2The Rat's Laughter and the Architecture of Play
3What Tetris Teaches About Presence
4The Phenomenology of Skillful Coordination
5Memory as Evidence of Embodiment
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6The Social Dimension of Virtual Touch
7When the World Inverts
8What We Lose and What We Discover
9The Ecology of Presence
10The Future of Embodied Gaming
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