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Portable Play in Everyday Life : The Nintendo DS.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tobin, Samuel.
- Series:
- Palgrave pivot
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mobile games--Social aspects.
- Mobile games.
- Video games.
- Video games industry.
- Nintendo of America Inc.
- Nintendo video games.
- Social aspects.
- Electronic books.
- Genre:
- Video games.
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (139 pages)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- People play mobile games everywhere and at any time. Tobin examines this media practice through the players directly using the lens of the players and practice of the Nintendo DS system. He argues for the primacy of context for understanding how digital play functions in today's society, emphasizing location, ""killing-time,"" and mobile communities.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Nintendo DS and Related Devices
- 3. Recommendations and Reviews
- 4. Interface Space
- 5. I'd Rather Sit and Play: Mobile Videogames at Home
- 6. Mobile Play In Transit.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Tobin, Samuel Portable Play in Everyday Life : The Nintendo DS
- ISBN:
- 9781137396594
- 1137396598
- OCLC:
- 861081465
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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