More than a game : the computer game as fictional form /

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This is the first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. It considers the computer game as a new and emerging mode of contemporary storytelling in a fashion that is accessible and readable.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Atkins, Barry
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester, UK ; New York : New York, NY : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Plagrave, 2003.
Temas:
Computer games > Social aspects.
Computing and information technology.
Digital lifestyle.
Computer games: strategy guides.
GAMES > Video & Electronic.
Computer games > Social aspects
Multi-User.
Literary collections
Anthologies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The computer game as fictional form
  • Fantastically real: reading Tomb Raider
  • Gritty realism: reading Half-Life
  • Replaying history: reading Close Combat
  • Managing the real: reading SimCity
  • More than a game?
  • Glossary of game-specific terms
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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