03477oam 2200937I 450 991014688010332120240410090022.01-5261-3754-21-84779-558-71-78170-023-01-280-73433-797866107343371-84779-039-91-4175-7805-X10.7765/9781526137548(CKB)1000000000030935(EBL)242616(OCoLC)559523985(SSID)ssj0000205632(PQKBManifestationID)11182727(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205632(PQKBWorkID)10212533(PQKB)10918107(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085698(MiAaPQ)EBC242616(Au-PeEL)EBL242616(CaPaEBR)ebr10075725(CaONFJC)MIL73433(OCoLC)57756796(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37572(UkMaJRU)9955342660001631(DE-B1597)658924(DE-B1597)9781526137548(EXLCZ)99100000000003093520030519h20182003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMore than a game the computer game as fictional form /Barry Atkins1st ed.Manchester :Manchester University Press,2003.Manchester, UK :Manchester University Press,[2018]©20031 online resource ([vi], 170 pages) digital file(s)Description based upon print version of record.First published: 2003.0-7190-6365-5 0-7190-6364-7 Includes bibliographic references and index.Acknowledgements --1. The computer game as fictional form --2. Fantastically real: reading Tomb Raider --3. Gritty realism: reading Half-Life --4. Replaying history: reading Close Combat --5. Managing the real: reading SimCity --6. More than a game? --Glossary of game-specific terms --Bibliography --Index.There is little doubt that computer and video games occupy a significant place in contemporary popular culture. Taking its cue from practices of reading texts in literary and cultural studies, this text considers the computer game as an emerging mode of contemporary storytelling.Video gamesSocial aspectsVideo gamesFilm and MediamupComputer gamesonline games: strategy guidesbicsscLITERARY CRITICISMAmericanGeneralbisacshComputer games / online games: strategy guidesthemapongvideogamingcomputerarcadegameHalf-Life (video game)Lara CroftTomb RaiderVideo gamesSocial aspects.Video games.Film and MediaComputer gamesonline games: strategy guidesLITERARY CRITICISMAmericanGeneralComputer games / online games: strategy guides794.8Atkins Barry800785UkMaJRUBOOK9910146880103321More than a game2095940UNINA