Powering Up : Are Computer Games Changing Our Lives.
When it comes to computer games, the numbers are astounding: the world's top professional gamer has won over half a million dollars shooting virtual monsters on-screen; online games claim literally millions of subscribers; while worldwide spending on computer gaming will top £24 billion by 2011...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2008.
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Colección: | Science Museum TechKnow Series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | When it comes to computer games, the numbers are astounding: the world's top professional gamer has won over half a million dollars shooting virtual monsters on-screen; online games claim literally millions of subscribers; while worldwide spending on computer gaming will top £24 billion by 2011. From techno-toddlers to silver surfers, everyone's playing games on their PCs, Wiis, Xboxes and phones. How are we responding to this onslaught of brain-training, entertaining, potentially addicting, time-consuming, myth-spawning games?. In Powering Up, Rebecca Mileham looks at the facts behind the hea. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (335 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780470712078 0470712074 1282342665 9781282342668 0470723106 9780470723104 |