Playful Materialities : The Stuff That Games Are Made Of /

Game culture and material culture have always been closely linked. Analog forms of rule-based play (ludus) would hardly be conceivable without dice, cards, and game boards. In the act of free play (paidia), children as well as adults transform simple objects into multifaceted toys in an almost magic...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Beil, Benjamin (Contributor, Editor), Cepeda, Rene G. (Contributor), Conrad, Michael A. (Contributor), Evans, Chaz (Contributor), Freyermuth, Gundolf S. (Contributor, Editor), Grünberg, Isabel (Contributor), Hamm, Isabelle (Contributor), Heithausen, Cordula (Contributor), Podrez, Peter (Contributor), Reay, Emma (Contributor), Rusch, Raven (Contributor, Editor), Schmidt, Hanns Christian (Contributor, Editor), Sousa, Micael (Contributor), Spöhrer, Markus (Contributor), Wildemann, David (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2022]
Series:Bild und Bit ; 14
Subjects:
Digital media.
Computer Games.
Culture.
Digital Media.
Materiality.
Media Aesthetics.
Media Studies.
Media.
Play.
Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Digital media
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface and Acknowledgments
  • PLACES
  • Vegas, Disney, and the Metaverse
  • Augmenting Materialities
  • EXHIBITS
  • Let's Play the Exhibition!
  • To Craft a Game Arts Curators Kit
  • On Chainsaws and Display Cases
  • MODIFICATIONS
  • Unpacking the Blackbox of 'Normal Gaming'
  • Being a Child Again Through Gameplay
  • Lego Level Up
  • PIECES
  • Beyond Pawns and Meeples
  • Have We Left the Paperverse Yet?
  • Keep the Innovation Rolling
  • Immateriality and Immortality
  • Contributors

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