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Critical Play Radical Game Design

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ISBN-10: 0262518651

ISBN-13: 9780262518659

Edition: 2009

Authors: Mary Flanagan

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For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But whatif certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but ameans for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? InCritical Play, artist and game designer Mary Flanagan examines alternative games-- games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry -- and argues thatgames designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture.Flanagan provides a lively historical context for critical play throughtwentieth-century art movements, connecting subversive game design to subversive art: her…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/8/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 362
Size: 7.06" wide x 9.06" long x 0.93" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English