00956nam a2200253 i 4500991001614649707536120228s2010 us 000 0 eng d9781412969390b14042290-39ule_instFacoltà SSPTita361.10Chambliss, Daniel F.476610Making sense of the social world :methods of investigation /Daniel F. Chambliss, Russell K. Schutt3rd ed.xxiii, 327 p. :ill. ;23 cmLos Angeles [etc.] :Pine Forge Press,2010Scienze socialiRicercheSchutt, Russell K..b1404229002-04-1428-02-12991001614649707536LE021 361.10 CHA01.0112020000037842le021pE70.67-n- 00000.i1538686701-03-12Making sense of the social world244802UNISALENTOle02028-02-12ma -engus 0002456nam 2200589Ia 450 991078439440332120230207225510.00-8166-9863-5(CKB)1000000000346653(EBL)310745(OCoLC)247443900(SSID)ssj0000160679(PQKBManifestationID)11149155(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000160679(PQKBWorkID)10190354(PQKB)11037369(MiAaPQ)EBC310745(MdBmJHUP)muse33423(Au-PeEL)EBL310745(CaPaEBR)ebr10151343(CaONFJC)MIL522381(EXLCZ)99100000000034665320060308d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGaming[electronic resource] essays on algorithmic culture /Alexander R. GallowayMinneapolis, Minn. ;London University of Minnesota Press20061 online resource (160 p.)Electronic mediations ;v. 18Description based upon print version of record.0-8166-4851-4 0-8166-4850-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Gamic action, four moments -- Origins of the first-person shooter -- Social realism -- Allegories of control -- Countergaming.Video games have been a central feature of the cultural landscape for over twenty years and now rival older media like movies, television, and music in popularity and cultural influence. Yet there have been relatively few attempts to understand the video game as an independent medium. Most such efforts focus on the earliest generation of text-based adventures (Zork, for example) and have little to say about such visually and conceptually sophisticated games as Final Fantasy X, Shenmue, Grand Theft Auto, Halo, and The Sims, in which players inhabit elaborately detailedElectronic mediations ;v. 18.Video gamesPhilosophyVideo gamesSocial aspectsVideo gamesPhilosophy.Video gamesSocial aspects.794.8Galloway Alexander R.1974-899350MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784394403321Gaming3712562UNINA