Infrastructure in Video Games

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Beskrivning

This book will sketch the dynamics of infrastructure in video games, focusing on the relationship between game rules, fictional world, and player interaction.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-11-19
Mått:148 x 210 x 13 mm
Vikt:274 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:102
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031720918

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Medievetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Datorspelsdesign inom Data och IT

Mer om författaren

Daniel Punday is Professor of English at Mississippi State University, USA. He is the author of six books, including Playing at Narratology: Digital Media as Narrative Theory, Five Strands of Fictionality: The Institutional Construction of Contemporary American Fiction and Writing at the Limit: The Novel in the New Media Ecology.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction: Infrastructure Studies.- Chapter 2: Inform, Game Rules, World State, and Interfaces.- Chapter 3: Levers and Watchtowers.- Chapter 4: Avatars and Governmentality.- Chapter 5: Maintenance and Scarcity.- Chapter 6: Interfaces and Fictional Worlds.- Chapter 7: Conclusion: The Occasion of New Infrastructure.