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Playing with videogames /

Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which remain largely invisible within existing studies. James Newman details the rich array of activities that sur...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Newman, James (James A.)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
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Résumé:Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which remain largely invisible within existing studies. James Newman details the rich array of activities that surround game-playing, charting the vibrant and productive practices of the vast number of videogame players and the extensive 'shadow' economy of walkthroughs, FAQs, art, narratives, online discussion boards and fan games, as well as the cultures of cheating, copying and piracy that have e.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (ix, 207 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-200) and index.
ISBN:9780203892619
0203892615
1134173016
9781134173013
1281753645
9781281753649
9786611753641
6611753648