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• Publisher : Springer
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• Release Date : 13 March 2015

This book analyses gaming magazines published in Britain in the 1980s to provide the first serious history of the bedroom coding culture that produced some of the most important video

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 14 March 2018

Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our contemporary society? This book explores video game culture, but in doing so, utilizes video games as

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 02 June 2024

Video and interactive computer games now constitute an enormous industry that rivals television and film. Moreover, gaming is of growing importance in spheres beyond mere entertainment; games and gaming technology

• Publisher : Springer Nature
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• Release Date : 22 August 2019

Videogames were once made with a vast range of tools and technologies, but in recent years a small number of commercially available 'game engines' have reached an unprecedented level of

• Publisher : IGI Global
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• Release Date : 20 June 2016

With complex stories and stunning visuals eliciting intense emotional responses, coupled with opportunities for self-expression and problem solving, video games are a powerful medium to foster empathy, critical thinking, and

• Publisher : Springer
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• Release Date : 24 December 2016

This book examines the local, regional and transnational contexts of video games through a focused analysis on gaming communities, the ways game design regulates gender and class relations, and the

• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
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• Release Date : 30 October 2013

In this compelling book, Graeme Kirkpatrick argues that computer games have fundamentally altered the relation of self and society in the digital age. Tracing the origins of gaming to the

• Publisher : SAGE
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• Release Date : 18 February 2008

An Introduction to Game Studies is the first introductory textbook for students of game studies. It provides a conceptual overview of the cultural, social and economic significance of computer and

• Publisher : MIT Press
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• Release Date : 17 August 2021

The overlooked history of an early appropriation of digital technology: the creation of games though coding and hardware hacking by microcomputer users. From the late 1970s through the mid-1980s,

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 24 June 2009

This collection explores the relationship between digital gaming and its cultural context by focusing on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific region. Encompassing key locations for global gaming production and consumption such as