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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Nitsche |
| ISBN: | 9780262141017 0262141019 |
| OCLC Number: | 262881376 |
| Description: | p. cm. |
| Responsibility: | Michael Nitsche. |
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"An important journey into video game spaces." --Jesper Juul, Researcher, Singapore-MIT Game Lab, and author of Half-Real "After reading Nitsche's superbly informed and wide-ranging analyses of the multiple factors that shape our experience of game worlds, and his typology of the spatial architectures that underlie the player's possibilities of action, it will no longer be possible to take the visual resources of games, their relation to film, and the strategic configuration of their world for granted." --Marie-Laure Ryan,, University of Colorado, Boulder "Video Game Spaces takes readers on a fantastic journey that resonates with what we love best about games--their double identity as places to both ponder and play. Richly researched and well-written (Nitsche is a master of example), the book delves deeply into the interdisciplinary nature of Game Studies, offering key insights along the way." --Katie Salen, co-author of Rules of Play and editor of The Ecology of Games Read more...
