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Soraya Murray is an Associate Professor in the Film and Digital Media Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), USA, where she is also affiliated with the Digital Arts and New Media MFA Program, and the Art + Design: Games + Playable Media Program. She is an interdisciplinary scholar of visual culture, with a particular interest in cultural studies, contemporary art, film and video games. Murray holds a PhD in the History of Art and Visual Studies from Cornell University.
Weaving together insights drawn from visual culture studies, media studies, and cultural studies, On Video Games offers penetrating analyses into the textual poetics of blockbuster titles. Soraya Murray demonstrates the utility of careful interpretation to reveal how games function as popular vessels of ideology and political identity, and—as importantly—the necessity to take these playthings seriously. -- Matthew Thomas Payne, author of Playing War: Military Video Games after 9/11 On Video Games makes a compelling argument for bringing frameworks from cultural studies and visual studies to video games. Murray's work is invaluable for anyone interested in exploring how issues like race and gender manifest in complex ways through interactive digital media -- Dr Bonnie Ruberg, Department of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine, USA
