A funny and foreboding play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide. Seventeen-year-old student Adrian has a serious habit - playing military shooters on his computer games console. Single mum Maggie wants him to study Classics at uni and stop locking himself in his room pwning* n00bs**.
With the help of computer geek Tom, Maggie deciphers gaming lingo in an attempt to reconnect with Adrian. But when a revolutionary new technology Tom has invented gets picked up by the Ministry of Defence, their lives are rocketed from the virtual to the actual battlefield. Paul Jenkins' play First Person Shooter was first staged at Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 2010.
*Pwn – (verb) to kill, to annihilate, or to totally dominate your opponent **n00b – (noun) a novice or somebody unskilled at a particular game
| ISBN: | 9781848421417 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2010 |
| Author: | Paul Jenkins |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 96 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts |
A funny and foreboding play about what happens when gaming and military technology collide. Seventeen-year-old student Adrian has a serious habit - playing military shooters on his computer games console.
First Person Shooter features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts
Paperback. £8.09, down from the £8.99 cover price. Print on Demand / Special Order.
First Person Shooter was written by Paul Jenkins and published by Nick Hern Books
First Person Shooter has 96 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
£8.09, reduced from £8.99. Print on Demand / Special Order.