Understanding digital games [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jason Rutter and Jo Bryce

• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, c2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 793.93/2
• Soggetto topico: Computer games
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: RutterJason <1969-> BryceJo
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Contributors; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - An introduction to understanding digital games; Part I: History and production; Chapter 2 - A history of digital games; Chapter 3 - The business of making digital games; Chapter 4 - The economics of digital games; Chapter 5 - A player-centred approach to digital game design; Part II: Theories and approaches; Chapter 6 - Literary theory and digital games; Chapter 7 - Film studies and digital games; Chapter 8 - Digital games as new media; Chapter 9 - Digital games and cultural studies ; Chapter 10 - Community, identity and digital gamesPart III: Key debates; Chapter 11 - Digital games and gender; Chapter 12 - Digital games and the violence debate; Chapter 13 - Digital games and education; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The study of digital games is a lively area of research and theorising which draws opinions from a range of disciplinary perspectives. This text brings together all these varied perspectives, providing a unique survey of this highly multidisciplinary field.
• Titolo autorizzato: Understanding digital games
• ISBN: 1-4462-3596-3; 1-4129-0033-6; 1-281-25156-9; 9786611251567; 1-84787-766-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458674703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II