04040nam 22005531 450 991051138220332120200514202323.01-5013-1627-31-5013-1625-71-5013-1626-510.5040/9781501316272(CKB)3710000001083749(MiAaPQ)EBC4812491(OCoLC)971615748(UtOrBLW)bpp09260719(EXLCZ)99371000000108374920170524d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAlternate reality games and the cusp of digital gameplay /edited by Antero Garcia and Greg NiemeyerNew York :Bloomsbury Academic,2017.1 online resource (353 pages) illustrations, photographsApproaches to digital game studies ;Volume 51-5013-4719-5 1-5013-1624-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.From alternate to alternative reality : games as cultural probes -- Patrick Jagoda, Melissa Gilliam, Peter McDonald, and Ashlyn Sparrow -- The game did not take place : this is not a game and blurring the lines of fiction -- Alan Hook -- Alternate reality games for learning : a frame by frame analysis -- Anthony Pellicone, Elizabeth Bonsignore, Kathryn Kaczmarek, Kari Kraus, June Ahn, & Derek Hansen -- Promotional alternate reality games and the TINAG philosophy -- Stephanie Janes -- The coachella disaster : how the puppet masters of art of the h3ist pulled a victory from the jaws of defeat -- Burcu S. Bakiolu -- Designing and playing peer-produced ARGs in the primary classroom : supporting literacies through play -- Angela Colvert -- Games beyond the arg -- Jeff Watson -- Methods : studying alternate reality games as virtual worlds -- Calvin Johns -- A typology to describe alternate reality games for cultural contexts -- Diane Dufort and Federico Tajariol -- Sociability by design in an alternate reality game : the case of the Trail -- Roinioti Elina, Pandia Eleana, Skarpelos Yannis -- Ingress : a restructuring of the ARG or a new genre? : an ethnography of enlightened and resistance factions in Brazil -- Thaiane Moreira de Oliveira.Alternate Reality Games (ARGs) challenge what players understand as "real." Alternate Reality Games and the Cusp of Digital Gameplay is the first collection to explore and define the possibilities of ARGs. Though prominent examples have existed for more than two decades, only recently have ARGs come to the prominence as a unique and highly visible digital game genre. Adopting many of the same strategies as online video games, ARGs blur the distinction between real and fictional. With ARGs continuing to be an important and blurred space between digital and physical gameplay, this volume offers clear analysis of game design, implementation, and ramifications for game studies. Divided into three distinct sections, the contributions include first hand accounts by leading ARG creators, scholarly analysis of the meaning behind ARGs, and explorations of how ARGs are extending digital tools for analysis. By balancing the voices of designers, players, and researchers, this collection highlights how the Alternate Reality Game genre is transforming the ways we play and interact todayApproaches to digital game studies ;Volume 5.Game-based learningShared virtual environmentsVideo gamesDesignMedia studiesGame-based learning.Shared virtual environments.Video gamesDesign.794.8/1536Garcia AnteroNiemeyer GregUtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910511382203321Alternate reality games and the cusp of digital gameplay2547983UNINA