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The complex material histories of the Nintendo Entertainment System platform, from code to silicon, focusing on its technical constraints and its expressive affordances.

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(Paperback)

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There is little doubt that computer and video games occupy a significant place in contemporary popular culture. Taking its cue from practices of reading texts in literary and cultural studies, this text considers the computer game as an emerging mode of contemporary storytelling.

(Hardback)

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

On websites like eBay, people sell virtual clothes and rent virtual property for real cash - for a total of 400 million worth each year.

Tim Guest takes us on a revelatory journey through the electronic looking-glass, as he investigates one of the most bizarre phenomena of the 21st century.

(Hardback)

This not-quite-an-encyclopedia is 200 pages of full color pictures, details, explanations, and fun facts about that all-important interface between you and the game. After five years of research and curating a gamepad collection, Kevin has turned a work of passion into a charming book. If you enjoy video games this is a book for you. You will enjoy returning to this book again and again.

(Paperback)

Within these pages you will find all you need to know to be a gamer in Australia, regardless of age, gender or platform. Impress your mates with your knowledge of key developers' work; check out the games we think you should play before you die; learn about videogame history, and ramp up your skills with tips on improving your gaming experience.

(Paperback)

(Paperback)

"Originally published by Prima Publishing, Roseville, California, is 2001 as The first quarter. Subsequently published in trade paperback in the United States by Three Rivers Press, ... New York, in 2001"--Copyright page.

(Hardback)

Video games have become a limitless and multifaceted medium through which major corporations and Hollywood visionaries alike are reaching broader global audiences and influencing cultural trends at a rate unmatched by any other media. This book traces the growth of a global phenomenon that has become an integral part of popular culture.

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Narrative strategies for vast fictional worlds across a variety of media, from World of Warcraft to The Wire.

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Lively and accessible in style, this book is written for both an academic readership and the wider audience of gamers and those interested in popular culture.

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"Interrogates the nature and meaning of the 'violence' encountered and experienced by game players"--

(Hardback)

"Interrogates the nature and meaning of the 'violence' encountered and experienced by game players"--

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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 doctors office to the family room sofa.

(Hardback)

Joysticks to Haptics is the ultimate compendium of gaming controllers and retro peripherals from the world of gaming.

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New York Times bestselling author and the gaming industry's preeminent investigative journalist Jason Schreier examines a decade of problems at Blizzard Entertainment and the hostile corporate takeover which has put the legendary developer in a world of (Warcraft) trouble.

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(Hardback)

(Hardback)

(Hardback)

In Sanctuary, knowledge can often be the deciding factor between utter defeat and hard-won victory.

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Shows readers that the swift ascent of the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons and Dragons to worldwide popularity event in popular culture since the invention of the motion picture. This title explores what D&D has to teach us about ethics and about how results from philosophical study of morality that can enrich and transform the game itself.