Unit operations : an approach to videogame criticism /

In Unit Operations, Ian Bogost argues that similar principles underlie both literary theory and computation, proposing a literary-technical theory that can be used to analyze particular videogames. Moreover, this approach can be applied beyond videogames: Bogost suggests that any medium--from videog...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Bogost, Ian
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Subjects:
Video games > Design.
Video games > Philosophy.
Video games > Sociological aspects.
Video games > Social aspects.
Jeux vidéo > Conception.
Jeux vidéo > Philosophie.
Jeux vidéo > Aspect social.
GAMES > Video & Electronic.
Computer games > Design
Computerspelen.
Filosofische aspecten.
Sociale aspecten.
Jogos eletrônicos (design)
Jogos eletrônicos (aspectos sociais)
GAME STUDIES/General
DIGITAL HUMANITIES & NEW MEDIA/New Media Theory
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Media Studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Unit operations
  • Structuralism and computation
  • Humanism and object technology
  • Comparative videogame criticism
  • Videogames and expression
  • Encounters across platforms
  • Cellular automata and simulation
  • An alternative to fun
  • The simulation gap
  • Complex networks
  • Complex worlds
  • Critical networks.

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