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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810038803321

Autore

Kerr Aphra

Titolo

The business and culture of digital games : gamework/gameplay / / Aphra Kerr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2006

ISBN

1-4462-3072-4

1-4462-1141-X

1-281-25158-5

9786611251581

1-84787-767-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 177 p.) : ill

Disciplina

306.487

Soggetti

Video games - Social aspects

Video games - Economic aspects

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 (p. [159]-171) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Digital Games as TExt; Chapter 3 - Digital Games as Cultural Industry; Chapter 4 - Global Networks and Cultures of Production; Chapter 5 - Digital Game Players, Game Pleasures and Play Contexts; Chapter 6 - Non-Entertainment Uses of Digital Games; Chapter 7 - Conclusion; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Digital Games' looks at games as a new media form, the design development and marketing of games, and the use of games in public and private spaces.