Video Game Theory Reader

Name: Video Game Theory Reader
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ISBN: 9780415965798

ISBN-10: 0415965799

ISBN-13: 9780415965798

Edition: 2004

Authors: Mark J. P. Wolf, Bernard Perron

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This collection addresses the many ways video games are reshaping the face of entertainment and our relationship with technology. In the volume, leading media studies scholars develop theoretical tools and concepts to study video games.

Book details

List price: $59.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/19/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 6.26" wide x 9.13" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Foreword



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Theory by Design




Abstraction in the Video Game




Immersion, Engagement, and Presence: A Method for Analyzing 3-D Video Games




Hyperidentities: Postmodern Identity Patterns in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games




Playing at Being: Psychoanalysis and the Avatar




Stories for Eye, Ear, and Muscles: Video Games, Media, and Embodied Experiences




As We Become Machines: Corporealized Pleasures in Video Games




Hot Dates and Fairy-Tale Romances: Studying Sexuality in Video Games




Video Games and Configurative Performances




Simulation versus Narrative: Introduction to Ludology




From Gamers to Players and Gameplayers: The Example of Interactive Movies




Interactive Storytelling




Gametime: History, Narrative, and Temporality in Combat Flight Simulator 2




Home Video Game Systems: The First Thirty Years (1972-2001)



Bibliography


About the Contributors


Index