1.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIOUBO2609356

Autore

International FEZA Conference :  <2. :  ; 2002

Titolo

Impact of zeolites and other porous materials on the new technologies at the beginning of the new millennium : proceedings of the 2. international FEZA (Federation of the European zeolite associations) conference, Taormina, Italy, September 1-5 2002 / edited by R. Ajello, G.Giordano, F.Testa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Elsevier, 2002

ISBN

0444511741

Descrizione fisica

2 v. ; 25 cm.

Collana

Studies in surface science and catalysis ; 142

Collocazione

SALA      549                     IMP

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910632487403321

Autore

Winter Jerome

Titolo

BioWare's Mass Effect / / by Jerome Winter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023

ISBN

9783031188763

9783031188756

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (99 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Palgrave Science Fiction and Fantasy: A New Canon, , 2662-8570

Disciplina

793.932

794.8

Soggetti

Games

Popular culture

Games Studies

Popular Culture

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. “I Don’t Know What to Do with Grey”: Ludic Gameplay and Narrative Agency -- 3. “There is No War, There is Only Harvest”: Diplomatic Realpolitik and Combat Gameplay in Mass Effect -- 4. Embracing Eternity: FemShep, Queer Romance, and Diversity -- 5. “Science Fun Today”: Mass Effect and Rethinking SF’s Pedagogical Approach to Exoplanetary and Astrobiological Science -- 6. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

Jerome Winter, PhD, is a full-time lecturer at the University of California, Riverside, USA. His first book, Science Fiction, New Space Opera, and Neoliberal Globalism was published in 2016. His second book, Citizen Science Fiction, was published in 2021. The videogame series Mass Effect is a remarkable rarity not only for being an original science-fictional franchise of recent vintage that has risen to such prominent commercial and critical success in popular culture but also for pushing the canonical boundaries of how science fiction as a genre will be experienced and understood in the future. This book analyzes the significance of the game for an understanding of the evolving SF genre and articulates an explanatory framework to limn its landmark reception in videogame history. This book both synthesizes the



burgeoning body of scholarship on Mass Effect for a readership unfamiliar with either the game or the critical conversation on its salient importance, while simultaneously, for readers already invested in the science-fiction and videogame scholarship, mounting an extended inquiry as to why Mass Effect has served as such a representative milestone in videogame and genre history. The book should appeal to veteran science-fiction and videogame scholars and students as well as a wide variety of fans, consumers, gamers, and general readers.