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Play redux : the form of computer games / David Myers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Myers, David, 1953- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Play--Social aspects.
- Play.
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- 2010.
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2010]
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A new look at digital gaming and the aesthetics of play.
- Contents:
- Bad play
- Anti-ness
- Formalism redux
- Interface and code
- The computer game anti-aesthetic
- Anti-narrative
- The backstory
- Civilization
- Social play
- City of Heroes
- Play and punishment
- Final comments.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-180) and index.
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612639173
- 9780472900398
- 0472900390
- 9780472070923
- 0472070924
- 9781282639171
- 128263917X
- 9780472026876
- 0472026879
- OCLC:
- 651657390
- Publisher Number:
- https://doi.org/10.3998/dcbooks.7933339.0001.001
- Access Restriction:
- Unrestricted online access
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