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Real Games
Av Christopher A. Paul, Mia Consalvo
E-bok, 2019
372 kr
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How we talk about games as real or not-real, and how that shapes what games are made and who is invited to play them. In videogame criticism, the worst insult might be “That''s not a real game!” For example, “That''s not a real game, it''s on Facebook!” and “That''s not a real game, it''s a walking …
Optimizing Play
Why Theorycrafting Breaks Games and How to Fix It
Häftad, 2024
444 kr
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An unexpected take on how games work, what the stakes are for them, and how game designers can avoid the traps of optimization. The process of optimization in games seems like a good thing—who wouldn’t want to find the most efficient way to play and win? As Christopher Paul argues in Optimizing …
Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games
Analyzing Words, Design, and Play
Häftad, 2013
692 kr
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In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul …
Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games
Analyzing Words, Design, and Play
Inbunden, 2012
2513 kr
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In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul …
Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games
Analyzing Words, Design, and Play
E-bok, 2012
796 kr
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In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul …
Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games
Analyzing Words, Design, and Play
E-bok, 2012
814 kr
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In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul …
Real Games
What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames
Av Mia Consalvo, Christopher A. Paul
Inbunden, 2019
286 kr
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Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games
Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst
Häftad, 2018
301 kr
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An avid gamer and sharp media critic explains meritocracy’s negative contribution to video game culture-and what can be done about itVideo games have brought entertainment, education, and innovation to millions, but gaming also has its dark sides. From the deep-bred misogyny epitomized by GamerGate …
