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Wordplay and the discourse of video games : analyzing words, design, and play / Christopher A. Paul.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Paul, Christopher A.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture ; 10.
- Routledge studies in new media and cyberculture ; 10
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Video games--Design.
- Vocabulary.
- Visual literacy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "In this timely new book, Christopher Paul analyzes how the words we use to talk about video games and the structures that are produced within games shape a particular way of gaming by focusing on how games create meaning, lead to identification and division, persuade, and circulate ideas. Paul examines the broader social discourse about gaming, including: the way players are socialized into games; the impact of the lingering association of video games as kid's toys; the dynamics within specific games (including Grand Theft Auto and EA Sports Games); and the ways in which players participate in shaping the discourse of games, demonstrated through examples like the reward system of World of Warcraft and the development of theorycraft. Overall, this book illustrates how video games are shaped by words, design and play; all of which are negotiated, ongoing practices among the designers, players, and society that construct the discourse of video games"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Front Cover; Wordplay and the Discourse of Video Games; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The New Rhetoric of Video Games; Part I: The Context; 1. Socializing Gamers; 2. Video Games as 'Kid's' Toys; 3. Talking Game Design; 4. Consoles Read Rhetorically; Part II: The Texts; 5. GTA, Humor, and Protagonists; 6. EA Sports and Planned Obsolescence; 7. Rearticulating Rewards in WoW; 8. Theorycraft and Optimization; 9. Balance and Meritocracies; Part III: Using Wordplay; 10. Words, Design, and Play; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-136-34305-9
- 1-136-34306-7
- 0-203-12403-0
- 9780203124031
- OCLC:
- 798532605
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