Christopher A. Paul

Broschiertes Buch

Optimizing Play

Why Theorycrafting Breaks Games and How to Fix It

Beschreibung

"A thoughtful account of how optimization (also known as theorycrafting or the "moneyballing effect") has changed the way we play games from World of Warcraft to soccer"-- Provided by publisher.

Autor

Christopher A. Paul is Professor of Communication and Media at Seattle University. He is the author of Free-to-Play and coauthor, with Mia Consalvo, of Real Games (both MIT Press). He is also the author of The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games and Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MIT Press Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 254g
• ISBN-13: 9780262547789
• ISBN-10: 0262547783
• Artikelnr.: 69433426