Samuel Tobin

Portable Play in Everyday Life: The Nintendo DS

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Produktbeschreibung

People play mobile games everywhere and at any time. Tobin examines this media practice through the players directly using the lens of the players and practice of the Nintendo DS system. He argues for the primacy of context for understanding how digital play functions in today's society, emphasizing location, "killing-time," and mobile communities.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US / Palgrave Pivot / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-39658-7
• 2013
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 142mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 272g
• ISBN-13: 9781137396587
• ISBN-10: 113739658X
• Artikelnr.: 39712627

Autorenporträt

Samuel Tobin is Assistant Professor of Communications and Media at Fitchburg State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. The Nintendo DS and Related Devices 3. Recommendations and Reviews 4. Interface Space 5. I'd Rather Sit and Play: Mobile Videogames at Home 6. Mobile Play In Transit