Games As Texts
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Games As Texts
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Author : Alayna Cole
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2020-12-16
Games As Texts written by Alayna Cole and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-16 with Computers categories.
Games as Texts provides an overview and practical steps for analysing games in terms of their representations of social structures, class, power, race, sexuality, gender, animals, nature, and ability. Each chapter applies a traditional literary theory to the narrative and mechanics of games and explores the social commentary the games encourage. This approach demonstrates to players, researchers, games media, and non-gamers how they can engage with these cultural artefacts through both critical reading and theoretical interpretations. Key Features: Explores games through various literary and theoretical lenses Provides exemplar analysis and guiding questions to help readers think critically about games Highlights the social commentary that all texts can reveal—including games—and how this impacts narrative and mechanics
Computer Games
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Author : Diane Carr
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2014-03-10
Computer Games written by Diane Carr and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-10 with Social Science categories.
Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys. This book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously.
Fun And Games
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Author : Ken Binmore
language : en
Publisher:
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Fun And Games written by Ken Binmore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.
Features a collection of games, provided by the Memorial University of Newfoundland, to encourage learning about Newfoundland and Labrador in Canada. Contains crossword puzzles, memory games, and sliding puzzles.
Fun And Games
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Author : Ken Binmore
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Fun And Games written by Ken Binmore and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with categories.
Games As Texts
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Author : Alayna Cole
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2020-12-17
Games As Texts written by Alayna Cole and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-12-17 with Computers categories.
Games as Texts provides an overview and practical steps for analysing games in terms of their representations of social structures, class, power, race, sexuality, gender, animals, nature, and ability. Each chapter applies a traditional literary theory to the narrative and mechanics of games and explores the social commentary the games encourage. This approach demonstrates to players, researchers, games media, and non-gamers how they can engage with these cultural artefacts through both critical reading and theoretical interpretations. Key Features: Explores games through various literary and theoretical lenses Provides exemplar analysis and guiding questions to help readers think critically about games Highlights the social commentary that all texts can reveal—including games—and how this impacts narrative and mechanics
Videogame Player Text
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Author : Barry Atkins
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Videogame Player Text written by Barry Atkins and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Computers categories.
Videogame, Player, Text examines the playing and playful subject through a series of analytical essays focused on particular videogames and playing experiences. With essays from a range of internationally renowned game scholars, the major aim of this collection is to show how it is that videogames communicate their meanings and provide their pleasures. Each essay focuses on specific examples of gameplay dynamics to tease out the specificities of videogames as a new form of interaction between text and digital technology for the purposes of entertainment.
Playing For Real
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Author : K. G. Binmore
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2007-03-29
Playing For Real written by K. G. Binmore and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Ken Binmore's previous game theory textbook, Fun and Games (D.C. Heath, 1991), carved out a significant niche in the advanced undergraduate market; it was intellectually serious and more up-to-date than its competitors, but also accessibly written. Its central thesis was that game theory allows us to understand many kinds of interactions between people, a point that Binmore amply demonstrated through a rich range of examples and applications. This replacement for the now out-of-date 1991 textbook retains the entertaining examples, but changes the organization to match how game theory courses are actually taught, making Playing for Real a more versatile text that almost all possible course designs will find easier to use, with less jumping about than before. In addition, the problem sections, already used as a reference by many teachers, have become even more clever and varied, without becoming too technical. Playing for Real will sell into advanced undergraduate courses in game theory, primarily those in economics, but also courses in the social sciences, and serve as a reference for economists.
The Mechanics Are The Message
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Author : Tyler Hancock
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2019
The Mechanics Are The Message written by Tyler Hancock and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with categories.
Digital Games
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Author : Catherine Beavis
language : en
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Release Date : 2012
Digital Games written by Catherine Beavis and has been published by Wakefield Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with Education categories.
Digital Games: Literacy in action is the result of a wide-ranging investigation into the educational possibilities involved in young people's games. From their creation in the classroom to analysing games and the world of games as text, academics and teachers are now taking seriously the serious play of young people.
Computer Games As Texts In The Primary Classroom
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Author : Lisbeth Kitson
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Computer Games As Texts In The Primary Classroom written by Lisbeth Kitson and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Computers and literacy categories.