Ian Bogost

How to Do Things with Videogames

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Produktbeschreibung

A fresh look at computer games as a mature mass medium with unlimited potential for cultural transformation

Produktdetails

• Electronic Mediations
• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 141mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 264g
• ISBN-13: 9780816676477
• ISBN-10: 081667647X
• Artikelnr.: 33395906

Autorenporträt

Ian Bogost is professor of digital media at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His books include Persuasive Games: The Expressive Power of Videogames and Newsgames: Journalism at Play.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: Media Microecology
1. Art
2. Empathy
3. Reverence
4. Music
5. Pranks
6. Transit
7. Branding
8. Electioneering
9. Promotion
10. Snapshots
11. Texture
12. Kitsch
13. Relaxation
14. Throwaways
15. Titillation
16. Exercise
17. Work
18. Habituation
19. Disinterest
20. Drill
Conclusion: The End of Gamers
Notes
Gameography