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Expressive processing : digital fictions, computer games, and software studies / Noah Wardrip-Fruin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wardrip-Fruin, Noah.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Interactive multimedia--Social aspects.
- Interactive multimedia.
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Digital media.
- Digital computer simulation.
- Physical Description:
- xv, 482p. : $b ill. ; $c 24cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass : MIT Press, 2009.
- Summary:
- From the complex city-planning game SimCity to the virtual therapist Eliza: how computational processes open possibilities for understanding and creating digital media.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Series Foreword
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: The Eliza Effect
- Chapter 3: Computer Game Fictions
- Chapter 4: Making Models
- Chapter 5: The Tale-Spin Effect
- Chapter 6: Character and Author Intelligence
- Chapter 7: Authoring Systems
- Chapter 8: The SimCity Effect
- Chapter 9: Playable Language and Nonsimulative Processes
- Chapter 10: Conclusion
- Afterword
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015.
- ISBN:
- 9786613420817 : (ebk : EbookCentral)
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