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Autore: |
Atkins Barry
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Titolo: |
More than a game : the computer game as fictional form / / Barry Atkins
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Pubblicazione: | Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2003 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource ([vi], 170 pages) : digital file(s) |
Disciplina: | 306.4870285 |
Soggetto topico: | Computer games - Social aspects |
Computer games | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
First published: 2003. | |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographic references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
Titolo autorizzato: | More than a game ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-5261-3754-2 |
1-84779-558-7 | |
1-78170-023-0 | |
1-280-73433-7 | |
9786610734337 | |
1-84779-039-9 | |
1-4175-7805-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910146880103321 |
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