Devin C. Griffiths

Virtual Ascendance

Video Games and the Remaking of Reality

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Produktbeschreibung

Video gaming is wildly popular and getting even more so as interfaces and devices improve. This popular account of the rise of gaming offers insight into its popularity and place in our culture as well as the impact it has on our daily lives - from the doctor's office to the family room sofa.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: RLPG/Galleys
• Seitenzahl: 234
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. September 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 553g
• ISBN-13: 9781442216945
• ISBN-10: 1442216948
• Artikelnr.: 38126412

Autorenporträt

By Devin C. Griffiths

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1: Down The Rabbit Hole I Am Therefore I Game 2: From The
Coin-op To The Console: How Did We Get Here? Let The Games Begin 1972: A
Pong Odyssey 3: Let The Games Begin: Competitive Videogaming And The Birth
Of The Cyberathlete Cyberathletes And The Leagues Who Love Them 4: Alphabet
Soup: MMOs, MUDs, And RPGs-D&D In The 21st Century 5: No Console Required:
Casual Games (or, Gaming For The Rest Of Us) 6: Dressed For The Symphony:
Videogames Take Center Stage 7: From The Flat Screen To The Big Screen:
Videogames Invade Hollywood Star Wars 1313: The Empire Strikes Back 8:
Virtual Life 9: And We Are Merely Players: Videogames And Society Good
Enough For Government Work: CDC Gets Into The Game 10: Games For
Health From Rehab to Wii-hab:Using Videogames to Heal 11: War Games: Combat
Evolved 12: It's William Gibson's World, We're Just Living In It
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