An introduction to game studies : games in culture / / Frans Mayra
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| Autore: |
Mayra Frans
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| Titolo: |
An introduction to game studies : games in culture / / Frans Mayra
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| Pubblicazione: | Los Angeles, : SAGE, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (ix, 196 p.) : ill |
| Disciplina: | 306.487 |
| Soggetto topico: | Games |
| Classificazione: | 76.31 |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]- 183) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | COVER; 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This 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. |
| Altri titoli varianti: | Games in culture |
| Titolo autorizzato: | An introduction to game studies |
| ISBN: | 9786612153624 |
| 9781412934466 | |
| 141293446X | |
| 9781282153622 | |
| 1282153625 | |
| 9781849205399 | |
| 1849205396 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910814662103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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