More than a game : the computer game as fictional form / Barry Atkins.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Atkins, Barry.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Computer games--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

170 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, 2003.

Summary:

Taking its cue from practices of reading texts in literary and cultural studies, this book considers the computer game as a new and emerging mode of contemporary storytelling. In a carefully organized study, Barry Atkins discusses questions of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: "Tomb Raider, Half-Life, Close Combat "and "SimCity." This is a work for both the student of contemporary culture and those game-players who are interested in how computer games tell their stories.

Notes:

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

0719063647

0719063655

OCLC:

51738371