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Record Nr.

UNINA9910142026803321

Autore

Pinchbeck Daniel

Titolo

Doom : scarydarkfast / / Dan Pinchbeck

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c2013

ISBN

9780472900268

0472900269

9780472028931

0472028936

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (198 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Landmark video games

Classificazione

GAM000000GAM013000SOC052000

Disciplina

794.8

Soggetti

Doom 64 (Game)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction: There Are a Lot of People Totally Opposed to Violence. They're All Dead.""; ""1. Eva! Auf Wiedersehen! : The Birth of a Genre""; ""2. The Speed of Light Sucks: The Rise of id""; ""3. Beefy Chunklets from Bible to Beta""; ""4. The Fastest Texture Mapping in Town: id Tech 1""; ""5. DOOM by Numbers""; ""6. A Soundtrack for Mayhem""; ""7. All Hell Breaks Loose: Launch, Sales, and Critical Reception""; ""8. A "Shot-by-Shot" Analysis of DOOM, Part 1: Knee Deep in the Dead""; ""9. A "Shot-by-Shot" Analysis of DOOM, Part 2: The Shores of Hell""

""10. A "Shot-by-Shot" Analysis of DOOM, Part 3: Inferno""""11. Endgame: Why DOOM Is a Masterpiece of Game Design""; ""12. A Handful of Vertebrae and a Headful of Mad: Modding DOOM""; ""13. Not if I Frag You First: DOOM Multiplayer""; ""14. Fucked in the Dark: Ports, Sequels, and Other Unholy Offspring""; ""15. You Gibbed It Here First: DOOM as the Prototypical FPS Game""; ""16. SCARY DARKFAST: The Legacy of DOOM""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Further Reading""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

A close examination about what is considered the most important first-person video game ever made and its influence on how we play games today.