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The video game theory reader

Authors:Mark J. P. Wolf, Bernard Perron

Summary:In the early days of Pong and Pac Man, video games appeared to be little more than an idle pastime. Today, video games make up a multi-billion dollar industry that rivals television and film. The Video game theory reader brings together exciting new work on the many ways video games are reshaping the face of entertainment and our relationship with technology. Drawing upon examples from widely popular games ranging from Space Invaders to Final Fantasy IX and Combat Flight Simulator 2, the contributors discuss the relationship between video games and other media; the shift from third- to first-person games; gamers and the gaming community; and the important sociological, cultural, industrial, and economic issues that surround gaming. The Video game theory reader is the essential introduction to a fascinating and rapidly expanding new field of media studies

Print Book, English, 2003

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: Routledge, New York, 2003

Genre:Video games

Physical Description:xxii, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

ISBN:

9780415965781, 9780415965798, 9780415962827, 9780415962834, 9780203887660, 0415965780, 0415965799, 0203887662, 041596282X, 0415962838

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:51607217

Subjects:

54.02 pilosophy and theory of computer science

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Contents:

Foreword

vii

Warren Robinett

Acknowledgments

xxi

Introduction

1

(24)

Mark J. P Wolf and Bernard Perron

1. Theory by Design

25

(22)

Walter Holland, Henry Jenkins, and Kurt Squire

2. Abstraction in the Video Game

47

(20)

Mark J. P. Wolf

3. Immersion, Engagement, and Presence: A Method for Analyzing 3-D Video Games

67

(20)

Alison McMahan

4. Hyperidentities: Postmodern Identity Patterns in Massively Multiplager Online Role-Playing Games

87

(16)

Miroslaw Filiciak

5. Playing at Being: Psychoanalysis and the Avatar

103

(26)

Bob Rehak

6. Stories for Eye, Ear, and Muscles: Video Games, Media, and Embodied Experiences

129

(28)

Torben Grodal

7. As We Become Machines: Corporealized Pleasures in Video Games

157

(14)

Martti Lahti

8. Hot Dates and Fairy-Tale Romances: Studying Sexuality in Video Games

171

(24)

Mia Consalvo

9. Video Games and Configurative Performances

195

(26)

Markku Eskelinen and Ragnhild Tronstad

10. Simulation versus Narrative: Introduction to Ludology

221

(16)

Gonzalo Frasca

11. From Gamers to Players and Gameplayers: The Example of Interactive Movies

237

(22)

Bernard Perron

12. Interactive Storytelling

259

(16)

Chris Crawford

13. Gametime: History, Narrative, and Temporality in Combat Flight Simulator 2

275

(28)

Patrick Crogan

Appendix. Home Video Game Systems: The First Thirty Years (1972-2001)

303

(12)

Mark J. P. Wolf, Bernard Perron, and David Winter

Bibliography

315

(12)

About the Contributors

327

(6)

Index

333

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