LEADER 02828nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910454797903321 005 20211125183702.0 010 $a1-4129-3446-X 010 $a1-282-15362-5 010 $a9786612153624 010 $a1-84920-539-6 010 $z9781412934459$bhardback 010 $z1412934451$bhardback 010 $z9781412934466$bpaperback 010 $z141293446X$bpaperback 035 $a(CKB)1000000000766350 035 $a(EBL)448458 035 $a(OCoLC)436076911 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000361836 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12144994 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000361836 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10351646 035 $a(PQKB)11130729 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000397502 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12138788 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000397502 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10356530 035 $a(PQKB)11352203 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC448458 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000077331 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL448458 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10313216 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL215362 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000766350 100 $a20120418d2008 fy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurbn#|||a|a|| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn introduction to games studies$b[electronic resource] $egames in culture /$fFrans Ma?yra? 210 $aLondon $cSAGE$d2008 210 $aLondon $cSAGE$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (209 pages) $cillustrations 311 08$aPrint version: Ma?yra?, Frans, author. An introduction to games studies : games in culture London : SAGE Publications, 2008. 9781412934459 hardback 311 08$aPrint version: 9781412934466 paperback 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCOVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; LIST OF BOXES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 INTRODUCTION: WHAT IS GAME STUDIES?; 2 GAME CULTURE: MEANING IN GAMES; 3 PLAY AND GAMES IN HISTORY; 4 DUAL STRUCTURE AND THE ACTION GAMES OF THE 1970s; 5 ADVENTURES AND OTHER FICTION IN THE 1980s' GAMES; 6 THREE-DIMENSIONALITY AND THE EARLY 1990s; 7 THE REAL AND THE GAME: GAME CULTURE ENTERING THE NEW MILLENNIUM; 8 PREPARING FOR A GAME STUDIES PROJECT; REFERENCES; INDEX 330 8 $aThis volume shows how to analyze games by introducing the core analytical concepts in the contexts of games and game cultures of four periods. It covers the prehistory of games, the '70s '80s and '90s and also contemporary developments. 606 $aGames$vCross-cultural studies 615 0$aGames 676 $a306.481 700 $aMa??yra?$b Frans$01035011 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454797903321 996 $aAn introduction to games studies$92454468 997 $aUNINA