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The Meaning Of Video Games
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Author : Steven E. Jones
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-04-11
The Meaning Of Video Games written by Steven E. Jones and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-11 with Games & Activities categories.
The Meaning of Video Games takes a textual studies approach to an increasingly important form of expression in today’s culture. It begins by assuming that video games are meaningful–not just as sociological or economic or cultural evidence, but in their own right, as cultural expressions worthy of scholarly attention. In this way, this book makes a contribution to the study of video games, but it also aims to enrich textual studies. Early video game studies scholars were quick to point out that a game should never be reduced to merely its "story" or narrative content and they rightly insist on the importance of studying games as games. But here Steven E. Jones demonstrates that textual studies–which grows historically out of ancient questions of textual recension, multiple versions, production, reproduction, and reception–can fruitfully be applied to the study of video games. Citing specific examples such as Myst and Lost, Katamari Damacy, Halo, Façade, Nintendo’s Wii, and Will Wright’s Spore, the book explores the ways in which textual studies concepts–authorial intention, textual variability and performance, the paratext, publishing history and the social text–can shed light on video games as more than formal systems. It treats video games as cultural forms of expression that are received as they are played, out in the world, where their meanings get made.
Well Played 1 0
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Author : Drew Davidson
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2009-01-01
Well Played 1 0 written by Drew Davidson and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-01 with Crafts & Hobbies categories.
Video games can be "well played" in two senses. On the one hand, well played is to games as well read is to books. On the other hand, well played as in well done. This book is full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. 22 contributors (developers, scholars, reviewers and bloggers) look at video games through both senses of "well played." The goal is to help develop and define a literacy of games as well as a sense of their value as an experience. Video games are a complex medium that merits careful interpretation and insightful analysis
Well Played 2 0
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Author : Et Al
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2010
Well Played 2 0 written by Et Al and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Education categories.
Following on Well Played 1.0, this book is full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. Contributors analyze sequences in a game in detail in order to illustrate and interpret how the various components of a game can come together to create a fulfilling playing experience unique to this medium. Contributors are again looking at video games in order to provide a variety of perspectives on the value of games.
What Is A Game
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Author : Gaines S. Hubbell
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2020-02-14
What Is A Game written by Gaines S. Hubbell and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-14 with Games & Activities categories.
What is a videogame? What makes a videogame "good"? If a game is supposed to be fun, can it be fun without a good story? If another is supposed to be an accurate simulation, does it still need to be entertaining? With the ever-expanding explosion of new videogames and new developments in the gaming world, questions about videogame criticism are becoming more complex. The differing definitions that players and critics use to decide what a game is and what makes a game successful, often lead to different ideas of how games succeed or fail. This collection of new essays puts on display the variety and ambiguity of videogames. Each essay is a work of game criticism that takes a different approach to defining the game and analyzing it. Through analysis and critical methods, these essays discuss whether a game is defined by its rules, its narrative, its technology, or by the activity of playing it, and the tensions between these definitions. With essays on Overwatch, Dark Souls 3, Far Cry 4, Farmville and more, this collection attempts to show the complex changes, challenges and advances to game criticism in the era of videogames.
Expressive Space
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Author : Gregory Whistance-Smith
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2022-01-19
Expressive Space written by Gregory Whistance-Smith and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-19 with History categories.
Video game spaces have vastly expanded the built environment, offering new worlds to explore and inhabit. Like buildings, cities, and gardens before them, these virtual environments express meaning and communicate ideas and affects through the spatial experiences they afford. Drawing on the emerging field of embodied cognition, this book explores the dynamic interplay between mind, body, and environment that sits at the heart of spatial communication. To capture the wide diversity of forms that spatial expression can take, the book builds a comparative analysis of twelve video games across four types of space, spanning ones designed for exploration and inhabitation, kinetic enjoyment, enacting a situated role, and enhancing perception. Together, these diverse virtual environments suggest the many ways that video games enhance and extend our embodied lives.
Well Played 3 0
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Author : Et Al
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2011
Well Played 3 0 written by Et Al and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Education categories.
Following on Well Played 1.0 and 2.0, this book will also be full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. Contributors will analyze sequences in a game in detail in order to illustrate and interpret how the various components of a game can come together to create fulfilling a playing experience unique to this medium. Contributors will again be looking at video games, some that were covered in Well Played 1.0 and 2.0 as well as new ones, in order to provide a variety of perspectives on more great games.
Handbook Of Research On Transmedia Storytelling Audience Engagement And Business Strategies
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Author : Hernández-Santaolalla, Víctor
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2020-04-24
Handbook Of Research On Transmedia Storytelling Audience Engagement And Business Strategies written by Hernández-Santaolalla, Víctor and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-24 with Business & Economics categories.
As media evolves with technological improvement, communication changes alongside it. In particular, storytelling and narrative structure have adapted to the new digital landscape, allowing creators to weave immersive and enticing experiences that captivate viewers. These experiences have great potential in marketing and advertising, but the medium’s methods are so young that their potential and effectiveness is not yet fully understood. Handbook of Research on Transmedia Storytelling, Audience Engagement, and Business Strategies is a collection of innovative research that explores transmedia storytelling and digital marketing strategies in relation to audience engagement. Highlighting a wide range of topics including promotion strategies, business models, and prosumers and influencers, this book is ideally designed for digital creators, advertisers, marketers, consumer analysts, media professionals, entrepreneurs, managers, executives, researchers, academicians, and students.
Playing With Videogames
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Author : James Newman
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-08-18
Playing With Videogames written by James Newman and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-18 with Social Science categories.
Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which remain largely invisible within existing studies. James Newman details the rich array of activities that surround game-playing, charting the vibrant and productive practices of the vast number of videogame players and the extensive 'shadow' economy of walkthroughs, FAQs, art, narratives, online discussion boards and fan games, as well as the cultures of cheating, copying and piracy that have emerged. Playing with Videogames offers the reader a comprehensive understanding of the meanings of videogames and videogaming within the contemporary media environment.
The Work Of Play
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Author : Aaron Chia Yuan Hung
language : en
Publisher: New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies
Release Date : 2011
The Work Of Play written by Aaron Chia Yuan Hung and has been published by New Literacies and Digital Epistemologies this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Games categories.
The Work of Play is an attempt to describe such learning on the micro-level, capturing the moment-by-moment interactions between players and showing how meanings are shaped over time.
The Meaning Of Video Games
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Author : Steven Edward Jones
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2008
The Meaning Of Video Games written by Steven Edward Jones and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Games categories.
The Meaning of Video Games takes a textual studies approach to an increasingly important form of expression in today's culture. It begins by assuming that video games are meaningful–not just as sociological or economic or cultural evidence, but in their own right, as cultural expressions worthy of scholarly attention. In this way, this book makes a contribution to the study of video games, but it also aims to enrich textual studies. Early video game studies scholars were quick to point out that a game should never be reduced to merely its "story" or narrative content and they rightly insist on the importance of studying games as games. But here Steven E. Jones demonstrates that textual studies–which grows historically out of ancient questions of textual recension, multiple versions, production, reproduction, and reception–can fruitfully be applied to the study of video games. Citing specific examples such as Myst and Lost, Katamari Damacy, Halo, Façade, Nintendo's Wii, and Will Wright's Spore, the book explores the ways in which textual studies concepts–authorial intention, textual variability and performance, the paratext, publishing history and the social text–can shed light on video games as more than formal systems. It treats video games as cultural forms of expression that are received as they are played, out in the world, where their meanings get made.