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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782856603321

Autore

Nitsche Michael <1968->

Titolo

Video game spaces : image, play, and structure in 3D game worlds / / Michael Nitsche

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2008

ISBN

0-262-29301-3

1-282-24056-0

9786612240560

0-262-25511-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 p.)

Disciplina

794.8

Soggetti

Video games

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Structure -- Presentation -- Functionality.

Sommario/riassunto

Here, Nitsche introduces five analytical layers - rule-based space, mediated space, fictional space, play space, and social space - and uses them in the analyses of games that range from early classics to recent titles.