Video Games and Gaming Culture -

Video Games and Gaming Culture

Mark Wolf (Herausgeber)

Media-Kombination
1652 Seiten
2016
Routledge
978-1-138-81125-6 (ISBN)
1.589,95 inkl. MwSt
Video and interactive computer games now constitute an enormous industry that rivals television and film. Moreover, gaming is of growing importance in spheres beyond mere entertainment; games and gaming technology are increasingly applied to other ends, including for educational, political, and military purposes. Perhaps unsurprisingly, therefore, the cultural, social, and economic significance of games and gaming is now profound, and ripe for scholarly scrutiny and study.

As research continues to flourish as never before, this major new reference resource from Routledge’s Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies series offers a multi-dimensional overview of games and gaming culture and brings together in four volumes the very best foundational and cutting-edge scholarship.

Edited by the field’s leading scholar, Mark J. P. Wolf, the collection encompasses the socio-cultural, political, and economic dimensions of gaming from a wide variety of perspectives. The materials gathered explore issues of game design and development, provide close analysis of games as cultural artefacts, and address issues of policy, such as those related to race, class, gender, and sexuality.

Video Games and Gaming Culture is supplemented by a comprehensive index and includes a full introduction, newly written by the editor.

Part 1: Defining Video Game Studies

Part 2: Game Studies Classics

Part 3: History and Historiographical Concerns

Part 4: Video Game Design and Formal Aspects

Part 5: Video Game Theory, Methodology, and Analysis

Part 6: Embodiment and Identity

Part 7: Play, Control, and The Magic Circle

Part 8: Threat, Aggression, and Violence

Part 9: Video Games and Education

Part 10: Video Games and Culture

Erscheint lt. Verlag 8.4.2016
Reihe/Serie Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies
Zusatzinfo 41 Tables, black and white; 172 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 2948 g
Themenwelt Informatik Software Entwicklung Spieleprogrammierung
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Allgemeines / Lexika
Sozialwissenschaften Kommunikation / Medien Medienwissenschaft
ISBN-10 1-138-81125-4 / 1138811254
ISBN-13 978-1-138-81125-6 / 9781138811256
Zustand Neuware
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