Time and space in video games : a cognitive-formalist approach /

Video games are temporal artifacts: They change with time as players interact with them in accordance with rules. In this study, Federico Alvarez Igarzábal investigates the formal aspects of video games that determine how these changes are produced and sequenced. Theories of time perception drawn f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Alvarez Igarzábal, Federico (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2019]
Colección:Studies of digital media culture ; v. 9.
Temas:
Space and time in mass media.
Video games > Psychological aspects.
Time perception.
Espace et temps dans les médias.
Jeux vidéo > Aspect psychologique.
Perception du temps.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Media Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
Time perception
Space and time in mass media
Video games > Psychological aspects
Raum > Motiv
Zeit > Motiv
Videospiel
Aesthetics.
Cognitive Science.
Computer Games.
Digital Media.
Games.
Media Aesthetics.
Media Studies.
Media.
Popular Culture.
Sequencing.
Space.
Time Perception.
Time.
Video Games.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Brain Time in Virtual Space
  • The State Machine and the Present Moment
  • Structuring Gametime
  • Cause, Effect, and Player-Centric Time
  • Iteration in Virtual Space
  • Predictive Thinking in Virtual Worlds
  • The Groundhog Day Effect
  • The Hybrid Narrator
  • Through the Temporal Landscape
  • The Speed of Time
  • Marshmallows and Bullets
  • Chekhov's BFG
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • References

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