Real Games: What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames
(Part of the Playful Thinking Series)
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How we talk about games as real or not-real, and how that shapes what games are made and who is invited to play them. In videogame criticism, the worst insult might be "That's not a real game " For example, "That's not a real game, it's on Facebook " and "That's not a real game, it's a walking simulator " But how do people judge what is a real game and what is not--what features establish a game's gameness? In this engaging...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0262042606
ISBN13:9780262042604
Release Date:October 2019
Publisher:MIT Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.85 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"
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