Melanie Swalwell

Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality

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Produktbeschreibung

"A history of "homebrew" gaming, focusing explicitly on the Australian and New Zealand contexts"--

Produktdetails

• Game Histories
• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 159mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 584g
• ISBN-13: 9780262044776
• ISBN-10: 0262044773
• Artikelnr.: 62227145

Autorenporträt

Melanie Swalwell is Professor of Digital Media Heritage at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. She coedited Fans and Videogames: Histories, Fandom, Archives and The Pleasures of Computer Gaming: Essays on Cultural History, Theory and Aesthetics.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Forward
Preface
1 Introduction
2 Discourses about Microcomputers
3 Micro Users as Makers
4 The Games
5 Hardware Hacking and Electronics
6 The Legacy of 1980s Homebrew
7 New Directions
Notes
Homebrew Software Cited
Works Cited
Index