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The Video Game Theory Reader brings together exciting new work on video games as a unique medium and nascent field of study - one that is rapidly developing new modes of understanding and analysis, like film studies in the 1960s and television studies in the 1980s. This pioneering collection addresses the many ways video games are reshaping the face of entertainment and our relationship with technology. In the volume, leading media studies scholars develop new theoretical tools and concepts to study video games. Drawing upon examples from a number of popular games ranging from Space Invaders to Final Fantasy , 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.

Author Biography:

Mark J. P. Wolf is Assistant Professor of Communications at Concordia University, Wisconsin. A pioneering scholar of video game studies, he is editor of The Medium of theVideo Game. Bernard Perron is Assistant Professor of Cinema at the University of Montréal.
Release date NZ
August 19th, 2003
Audiences
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
Contributors
  • Edited by Bernard Perron
  • Edited by Mark J. P. Wolf
Illustrations
25 Illustrations, color
Pages
368
Dimensions
152x229x19
ISBN-13
9780415965798
Product ID
1668907

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