Jesper Juul

A Casual Revolution

Reinventing Video Games and Their Players

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Produktbeschreibung

We used to think that video games were mostly for young men, but with the success of the Nintendo Wii, and the proliferation of games in browsers, cell phone games, and social games video games changed changed fundamentally in the years from 2000 to 2010. These new casual games are now played by men and women, young and old. Players need not possess an intimate knowledge of video game history or devote weeks or months to play. At the same time, many players of casual games show a dedication and skill that is anything but casual. In A Casual Revolution, Jesper Juul describes this as a reinvention of video games, and of our image of video game players, and explores what this tells us about the players, the games, and their interaction.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press / The MIT Press
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 340g
• ISBN-13: 9780262517393
• ISBN-10: 0262517396
• Artikelnr.: 34437406

Autorenporträt

Jesper Juul is Associate Professor in the School of Design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is the author of Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds; A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players; and The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games, all published by the MIT Press.

Rezensionen

[F]or anyone working in the games industry or studying games and their role in popular culture, A Casual Revolution is a succinct and indispensable summary of the current state of video games. Stewart Woods, Game Studies
Let's start with the hype. A Casual Revolution is terrific. A succinct, informative, thoughtful examination of the forces that have been, as its subtitle says, reinventing video games and their players. Oh, and on top of all that, it's just plain fun to read. Tap-Repeatedly (5/5 stars)