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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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor :
University of Michigan Press,
2022.
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| Series: | Landmark video games.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- 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