The Video Game Theory Reader (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Wolf, Mark J. P.; Perron, Bernard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In the early days of Pong and Pac Man, video games appeared to be little more than an idle pastime. Today, video games make up a multi-billion dollar industry that rivals television and film.

The Video Game Theory Reader brings together exciting new work on the many ways video games are reshaping the face of entertainment and our relationship with technology. Drawing upon examples from widely popular games ranging from Space Invaders to Final Fantasy IX and Combat Flight Simulator 2, the contributors discuss the relationship between video games and other media; the shift from third- to first-person games; gamers and the gaming community; and the important sociological, cultural, industrial, and economic issues that surround gaming.

The Video Game Theory Reader is the essential introduction to a fascinating and rapidly expanding new field of media studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135205195
• Artikelnr.: 39704971

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Mark J. P. Wolf
Bernard Perron; Chapter 1 Theory by Design
Walter Holland
Henry Jenkins
Kurt Squire; Chapter 2 Abstraction in the Video Game
Mark J. P. Wolf; Chapter 3 Immersion
Engagement
and Presence
Alison McMahan; Chapter 4 Hyperidentities
Miroslaw Filiciak; Chapter 5 Playing at Being
Bob Rehak; Chapter 6 Stories for Eye
Ear
and Muscles
Torben Grodal; Chapter 7 As We Become Machines
Martti Lahti; Chapter 8 Hot Dates and Fairy-Tale Romances
Mia Consalvo; Chapter 9 Video Games and Configurative Performances
Markku Eskelinen
Ragnhild Tronstad; Chapter 10 Simulation versus Narrative
Gonzalo Frasca; Chapter 11 From Gamers to Players and Gameplayers
Bernard Perron; Chapter 12 Interactive Storytelling
Chris Crawford; Chapter 13 Gametime
Patrick Crogan;