The work of play : meaning-making in videogames / Aaron Chia Yuan Hung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hung, Aaron Chia Yuan.

Contributor:

Class of 1932 Fund.

Series:

New literacies and digital epistemologies ; v. 48.

New literacies and digital epistemologies ; v. 48

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Play--Social aspects.

Play.

Physical Description:

x, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Peter Lang, [2011]

Summary:

Rather than relying on post-hoc reconstructions of the play experience which are different than the actual event, this book attempts to describe gameplay as an in-situ event, capturing action closer to its original form. Hung provides a broad overview of research on video games and learning from the 1960s to present day, and introduces enthomethodology and conversation analysis into game studies. He compares different types of games, the experience of different types of players (novice vs. expert), different types of play (training vs. dueling) and the representative differences in rules and expectations. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

1. Introduction

2. Serious games and education

3. Situated orders: ethnomethodology and conversation analysis

4. Videogames as embodied interactions

5. Situated play: instruction and learning in fighting games

6. Forms of play: training and dueling

7. Construction of an opponent

8. Meaning-making in videogames.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1932 Fund.

ISBN:

9781433109058

1433109050

9781433109065

1433109069

OCLC:

707842310