LEADER 03475oam 2200937I 450 001 996209566903316 005 20240410090022.0 010 $a1-5261-3754-2 010 $a1-84779-558-7 010 $a1-78170-023-0 010 $a1-280-73433-7 010 $a9786610734337 010 $a1-84779-039-9 010 $a1-4175-7805-X 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526137548 035 $a(CKB)1000000000030935 035 $a(EBL)242616 035 $a(OCoLC)559523985 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000205632 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11182727 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000205632 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10212533 035 $a(PQKB)10918107 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000085698 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC242616 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL242616 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10075725 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL73433 035 $a(OCoLC)57756796 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37572 035 $a(UkMaJRU)9955342660001631 035 $a(DE-B1597)658924 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526137548 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000030935 100 $a20030519h20182003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aMore than a game $ethe computer game as fictional form /$fBarry Atkins 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aManchester :$cManchester University Press,$d2003. 210 31$aManchester, UK :$cManchester University Press,$d[2018] 210 4$dİ2003 215 $a1 online resource ([vi], 170 pages) $cdigital file(s) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 300 $aFirst published: 2003. 311 $a0-7190-6365-5 311 $a0-7190-6364-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographic references and index. 327 $aAcknowledgements --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. 330 $aThere 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. 606 $aVideo games$xSocial aspects 606 $aVideo games 606 $aFilm and Media$2mup 606 $aComputer games$xonline games: strategy guides$2bicssc 606 $aLITERARY CRITICISM$xAmerican$xGeneral$2bisacsh 606 $aComputer games / online games: strategy guides$2thema 610 $apong 610 $avideo 610 $agaming 610 $acomputer 610 $aarcade 610 $agame 610 $aHalf-Life (video game) 610 $aLara Croft 610 $aTomb Raider 615 0$aVideo games$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aVideo games. 615 7$aFilm and Media 615 7$aComputer games$xonline games: strategy guides 615 7$aLITERARY CRITICISM$xAmerican$xGeneral 615 7$aComputer games / online games: strategy guides 676 $a794.8 700 $aAtkins$b Barry$0800785 801 0$bUkMaJRU 906 $aBOOK 912 $a996209566903316 996 $aMore than a game$92095940 997 $aUNISA