The aesthetic of play /

In this book, Brian Upton analyzes the experience of play - how playful activities unfold from moment to moment and how the rules we adopt constrain that unfolding. Drawing on games that range from Monopoly to Dungeons & Dragons to Guitar Hero, he develops a framework for understanding play, int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Upton, Brian, 1964- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2015]
Temas:
Games > Psychological aspects.
Games > Rules > Psychological aspects.
Play > Psychological aspects.
Jeu > Aspect psychologique.
GAMES > Reference.
GAMES > Travel Games.
COMPUTERS > Programming > Games.
Games > Psychological aspects
Play > Psychological aspects
Spiel
Psychologie
GAME STUDIES/Game History
PHILOSOPHY/Aesthetics
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Games: 1. Defining play
  • 2. Interactivity
  • 3. Play spaces
  • 4. Heuristics
  • 5. Anticipation
  • 6. Mastery.
  • II. Minds: 7. Understanding
  • 8. Epistemology
  • 9. Neurons
  • 10. Signs.
  • III. Stories: 11. Playing without winning
  • 12. Performance
  • 13. Narrative play
  • 14. Narrative structure
  • 15. Play and meaning
  • 16. Critical play.

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