Broschiertes Buch

The Video Game Theory Reader 2

Beschreibung

Addresses contemporary issues such as convergence and MMORPGs. This title features an appendix of nearly 40 ideas and concepts from a variety of theories and disciplines that have been usefully and insightfully applied to the study of video games.

Autor

Mark J. P. Wolf is an Associate Professor in the Communication Department at Concordia University Wisconsin. His books include Abstracting Reality: Art, Communication, and Cognition in the Digital Age (2000), The Medium of the Video Game (2001), Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics, and New Media (2003), The Video Game Theory Reader (2003), The World of the D'ni: Myst and Riven (2006), The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond (2007), and J. R. R. Tolkien: Of Words and Worlds (forthcoming, 2009). Bernard Perron is an Associate Professor of Cinema at the University of Montreal. He has co-edited The Video Game Theory Reader (2003), written Silent Hill: il motore del terrore (2006), an analysis of the Silent Hill videogame series, and is editing Gaming After Dark: Essays on Horror Video Games (forthcoming, 2009).

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: RT21900
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 610g
• ISBN-13: 9780415962834
• ISBN-10: 0415962838
• Artikelnr.: 24705519