Powering up [[electronic resource] ] : are computer games changing our lives? / / Rebecca Mileham

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910782811603321
• Autore: Mileham Rebecca
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, England ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley/Dana Centre, c2008
• ISBN: 1-282-34266-5; 9786612342660; 0-470-71207-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (335 p.)
• Collana: Science Museum TechKnow Series ; ; v.1
• Disciplina: 306.4/87
• Soggetti: Video games - Social aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Powering Up Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives?; Contents; Introduction; 1: Can Computer Games Affect Your Health?; 2: Can Computer Games Change the Way You Think?; 3: Can Computer Games Change Who You Are?; 4: Can Computer Games Turn You into an Addict?; 5: Can Computer Games Make You Violent?; 6: Can Computer Games Change the Way You Learn?; 7: Can Computer Games Change Your Beliefs?; 8: Can Computer Games Change Your Future?; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: When it comes to computer games, the numbers are astounding: the world's top professional gamer has won over half a million dollars shooting virtual monsters on-screen; online games claim literally millions of subscribers; while worldwide spending on computer gaming will top £24 billion by 2011. From techno-toddlers to silver surfers, everyone's playing games on their PCs, Wiis, Xboxes and phones. How are we responding to this onslaught of brain-training, entertaining, potentially addicting, time-consuming, myth-spawning games? In Powering Up, Rebecca Mileham looks at the facts behind the he