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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814906203321

Autore

Juul Jesper <1970->

Titolo

A casual revolution : reinventing video games and their players / / Jesper Juul

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, 2009

ISBN

0-262-28580-0

1-282-69458-8

9786612694585

0-262-25896-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

viii, 252 pages : illustrations

Disciplina

794.8

Soggetti

Video games - Psychological aspects

Video gamers - Psychology

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

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 A Casual Revolution -- 2 What Is Casual? -- 3 All the Games You Played Before -- 4 Innovations and Clones: The Gradual Evolution of Downloadable Casual Games -- 5 Return to Player Space: The Success of Mimetic Interface  Games -- 6 Social Meaning and Social Goals -- 7 Casual Play in a Hardcore Game -- 8 Players, Developers, and the Future of Video Games -- Appendix A: Player Survey -- Appendix B: Player Stories -- Appendix C: Developer Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

How casual games like Guitar Hero, Bejeweled, and those for Nintendo Wii are expanding the audience for video games.