The players' realm : studies on the culture of video games and gaming / edited by J. Patrick Williams and Jonas Heide Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, J. Patrick, 1970-

Smith, Jonas Heide.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Computer games--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

vi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2007]

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786428328

0786428325

OCLC:

81860373