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Mortal kombat : games of death /

Upon its premiere in 1992, Midway's Mortal Kombat spawned an enormously influential series of fighting games, notorious for their violent "fatality" moves performed by photorealistically rendered characters. Targeted by lawmakers and moral reformers, the series directly inspired the c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Church, David, 1982- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2022.
Colección:Landmark video games.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: ABACABB
  • One. Ludic Precursors and Generic Innovations
  • Two. Cinematic Influences and Cultural Politics
  • Three. Mortal Kontroversy
  • or, Dispatches from the Console Wars
  • Four. Imitation, Derivation, and Reinvention
  • Notes
  • Glossary
  • Mortal Kombat Ludography
  • Bibliography
  • Index