Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (vii, 264 pages)
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illustrations
Ausgabe:
First edition
Ausgabe:
Also available in print
ISBN:
0857717405
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1423768248
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1845111087
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1850438145
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9781423768241
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9781845111083
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9780755695546
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9781850438144
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9780857717405
Inhalt:
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: space invaders, tomb raiders -- Gameplay and its contexts -- Gamescapes: exploration and virtual presence in game-worlds -- Realism, spectacle, sensation -- Social, cultural and political dimensions -- Afterword -- Notes -- Select bibliography -- Index.
Inhalt:
This book focuses on key formal aspects of video games and the experiences and pleasures offered by the activities they require of the player. A wide range of games are considered, from first-person shooters to third-person action-adventures, strategy, sports-related and role-playing games. Lively and accessible in style, this book is written for both an academic readership and the wider audience of gamers and those interested in popular culture
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Barrierefreier Inhalt: Compliant with Level AA of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Content is displayed as HTML full text which can easily be resized or read with assistive technology, with mark-up that allows screen readers and keyboard-only users to navigate easily
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1845111087
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1850438145
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe King, Geoff, 1960- Tomb raiders and space invaders London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 ISBN 1845111087
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1850438145
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Electronic books
DOI:
10.5040/9780755695546
