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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777947203321

Autore

Ma??yra? Frans

Titolo

An introduction to games studies [[electronic resource] ] : games in culture / / Frans Ma?yra?

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2008

ISBN

1-4129-3446-X

1-282-15362-5

9786612153624

1-84920-539-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (ix, 196 p.) : ill

Classificazione

76.31

Disciplina

306.487

Soggetti

Games

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; LIST OF BOXES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS GAME STUDIES?; 2 GAME CULTURE: MEANING IN GAMES; 3 PLAY AND GAMES IN HISTORY; 4 DUAL STRUCTURE AND THE ACTION GAMES OF THE 1970s; 5 ADVENTURES AND OTHER FICTION IN THE 1980s' GAMES; 6 THREE-DIMENSIONALITY AND THE EARLY 1990s; 7 THE REAL AND THE GAME: GAME CULTURE ENTERING THE NEW MILLENNIUM; 8 PREPARING FOR A GAME STUDIES PROJECT; REFERENCES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume shows how to analyze games by introducing the core analytical concepts in the contexts of games and game cultures of four periods. It covers the prehistory of games, the '70s '80s and '90s and also contemporary developments.