The Pleasures of Computer Gaming: Essays on Cultural History, Theory and Aesthetics
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This collection of essays situates the digital gaming phenomenon alongside broader debates in cultural and media studies. Contributors to this volume maintain that computer games are not simply toys, but rather circulate as commodities, new media technologies, and items of visual culture that are embedded in complex social practices. Apart from placing games within longer arcs of cultural history and broader critical debates, the contributors...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:078643595X
ISBN13:9780786435951
Release Date:May 2008
Publisher:McFarland & Company
Length:203 Pages
Weight:0.75 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"
Age Range:18 years and up
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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