Literary gaming / / Astrid Ensslin

• Autore: Ensslin Astrid
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass. ; ; London, England : , : The MIT Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Disciplina: 794.8
• Soggetto topico: Video games - Social aspects - Philosophy; Digital media - Philosophy; Interactive multimedia - Philosophy; Hypertext fiction - History and criticism - Theory, etc; Fantasy games - Philosophy; Play (Philosophy); Intermediality
• Soggetto non controllato: GAME STUDIES/General; DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/General; SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; I Theory and Methodology; 2 Playing with Rather Than by Rules; 3 Between Ludicity and Literariness; II Analyses; 4 "The Pen Is Your Weapon of Choice": Ludic Hypertext Literature and the Play with the Reader; 5 "Love Poem or Break Up Note?" Ludic Hypermedia Fiction and Loss of Grasp; 6 "Your Innocence Drifts Away": Antiludicity and Ludic Mechanics in The Princess Murderer; 7 Of Windsighs and Wayfaring: Blue Lacuna, an Epic Interactive Fiction; 8 The Paradox of Poetic Gaming: evidence of everything exploding ; 9 From Paidia to Ludus: The Path, a Literary Auteur Game 10 Conclusion; Notes; References; Glossary; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A new analytical framework for understanding literary videogames, the literary-ludic spectrum, illustrated by close readings of selected works.
• Titolo autorizzato: Literary gaming
• ISBN: 0-262-32204-8; 0-262-32203-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910790927103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II