Understanding Minecraft : essays on play, community and possibilities / edited by Nate Garrelts.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garrelts, Nate, 1976- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Minecraft (Game).

Physical Description:

viii, 223 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"Since its official release in 2011, Minecraft has sold nearly 50 million copies across all gaming platforms. The premise of Minecraft is simple: destroy, collect, build and interact in a world made entirely of colored cubes. Unlike Lego blocks, Minecraft's digital play space allows for virtually limitless creation without the cost and limitations of physical building materials"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Videogame Commons Remakes the Transnational Studio / Dennis Redmond Redmond, Dennis 7

Players, Modders and Hackers / Peter Christiansen Christiansen, Peter 23

Teaching Tools: Progressive Pedagogy and the History of Construction Play / Colin Fanning Fanning, Colin, Rebecca Mir Mir, Rebecca 38

Mining Constructivism in the University: The Case of Creative Mode / Jeffrey E. Brand Brand, Jeffrey E., Penny de Byl Byl, Penny de, Scott J. Knight Knight, Scott J., James Hooper Hooper, James 57

The Craft of Data Mining: Minecraft and the Constraints of Play / Alexandra Jean Tremblay Tremblay, Alexandra Jean, Jeremy Colangelo Colangelo, Jeremy, Joseph Alexander Brown Brown, Joseph Alexander 76

Just Steve: Conventions of Gender on the Virtual Frontier / Iris Rochelle Bull Bull, Iris Rochelle 88

(Queer) Algorithmic Ecology: The Great Opening Up of Nature to All Mobs / Amanda Phillips Phillips, Amanda 106

Look What Just Happened: Communicating Play in Online Communities / Michael Thomét Thomét, Michael 121

A Craft to Call Mine: Creative Appropriation of Minecraft in YouTube Animations / Jandy Gu Gu, Jandy 132

"Someone off the YouTubez": The Yogscast as Fan Producers / Esther MacCallum-Stewart MacCallum-Stewart, Esther 148

Videogames in the White Cube / Michael St. Clair Clair, Michael St. 160

Fine Arts, Culture and Creativity in Minecraft / James Morgan Morgan, James, R. Yagiz Mungan Mungan, R. Yagiz 175

Building a Case for the Authenticity vs. Validity Model of Videogame Design / Adam L. Brackin Brackin, Adam L. 191

Where Game, Play and Art Collide / Rémi Cayatte Cayatte, Rémi 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786479740

0786479744

OCLC:

881400969