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Titre(s) : The players' realm [Texte imprimé] : studies on the culture of video games and gaming / edited by J. Patrick Williams and Jonas Heide Smith
Publication : Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co, c2007
Description matérielle : vi, 308 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Comprend : Who governs the gamers? ; Terms of service and terms of play in children's online
gaming ; Narrative power in online game worlds: the story of Cybertown ; Law and
disorder in cyberspace: how systems of justice developed in online text-based gaming
communities ; From The Green Berets to America's Army: video games as a vehicle for
political propaganda ; Rhetorics of computer and video game research ; From margin
to center: biographies of technicity and the construction of hegemonic games culture
; Ghost Recon: Island Thunder: Cuba in the virtual battlescape ; The player's journey
; Mutual fantasy online: playing with people ; From dollhouse to metaverse: what
happened when The Sims went online ; Platform dependent: console and computer cultures
; Mapping independent game design ; Desire for commodities and fantastic consumption
in digital games ; Reading and playing: what makes interactive fiction unique.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"This study sketches some of the various trajectories of digital games in modern Western
societies, looking at the growth and persistence of the moral panic that continues
to accompany massive public interest in digital games. The book continues with a new
phase of games research exemplified by systematic examination of specific aspects
of digital games and gaming"--Provided by publisher
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Williams, J. Patrick (1970-....). Éditeur scientifique
Smith, Jonas Heide (1975-....). Éditeur scientifique
Sujet(s) : Jeux vidéo -- Aspect politique
Jeux vidéo -- Société
Indice(s) Dewey :
306.487 (23e éd.) = Jeux et passe-temps (sociologie)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780786428328 (softcover) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0786428325 (softcover) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb44201156h
Notice n° :
FRBNF44201156
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