Debugging game history : a critical lexicon / edited by Henry Lowood and Raiford Guins ; editorial assistant, A.C. Deger.

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Lowood, Henry, editor.
• Guins, Raiford, editor.

Series:

• Game histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Video games--History.
• Video games.
• History.
• Video games--Terminology.

Genre:

• Video games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 443 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : The MIT Press, [2016]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.

Contents:

• 1 Achievements / Mikael Jakobsson Jakobsson, Mikael 1
• 2 Adventure / Nick Montfort Montfort, Nick 13
• 3 Amusement Arcade / Erkki Huhtamo Huhtamo, Erkki 21
• 4 Artificial Intelligence / Rebecca E. Skinner Skinner, Rebecca E. 29
• 5 Character / Katherine Isbister Isbister, Katherine 37
• 6 Classic Gaming / Melanie Swalwell Swalwell, Melanie 45
• 7 Code / Mark Sample Sample, Mark 53
• 8 Console / Raiford Guins Guins, Raiford 63
• 9 Control / Peter Krapp Krapp, Peter 73
• 10 Controller / Steven E. Jones Jones, Steven E. 81
• 11 Cooperative Play / Emma Witkowski Witkowski, Emma 89
• 12 Culturalization / Kate Edwards Edwards, Kate 97
• 13 Demo / Michael Nitsche Nitsche, Michael 103
• 14 Difficulty / Bobby Schweizer Schweizer, Bobby 109
• 15 Educational Games / Anastasia Salter Salter, Anastasia 119
• 16 Embodiment / Don Ihade Ihade, Don 127
• 17 Emulation / Jon Ippolito Ippolito, Jon 133
• 18 Fun / David Thomas Thomas, David 143
• 19 Game Art / Mary Flanagan Flanagan, Mary 151
• 20 Game Audio / William Gibbons Gibbons, William 159
• 21 Game Balance / David Sirlin Sirlin, David 169
• 22 Game Camera / Jennifer deWinter deWinter, Jennifer 177
• 23 Game Culture / Reneé H. Reynolds Reynolds, Reneé H., Ken S. McAllister McAllister, Ken S., Judd Ethan Ruggill Ruggill, Judd Ethan 187
• 24 Game Development / Katie Salen Tekinbas Tekinbas, Katie Salen 195
• 25 Game Engine / Henry Lowood Lowood, Henry 203
• 26 Game Glitch / Peter Krapp Krapp, Peter 211
• 27 Games as a Medium / Mary Flanagan Flanagan, Mary 221
• 28 Genre / Mark J. P. Wolf Wolf, Mark J. P. 229
• 29 Identities / Carly A. Kocurek Kocurek, Carly A. 237
• 30 Immersion / Brooke Belisle Belisle, Brooke 247
• 31 Independent Games / John Sharp Sharp, John 259
• 32 Intellectual Property / Jas Purewal Purewal, Jas 269
• 33 Kriegsspiel / Matthew Kirschenbaum Kirschenbaum, Matthew 279
• 34 Machinima / Jenna Ng Ng, Jenna 287
• 35 Mechanics / Miguel Sicart Sicart, Miguel 297
• 36 Menu / Laine Nooney Nooney, Laine 305
• 37 Metagame / Stephanie Boluk Boluk, Stephanie, Patrick LeMieux LeMieux, Patrick 313
• 38 Modification / Hector Postigo Postigo, Hector 325
• 39 Narrative / Marie-Laure Ryan Ryan, Marie-Laure 335
• 40 Platform / Caetlin Benson-Allott Benson-Allott, Caetlin 343
• 41 Playing / Jesper Juul Juul, Jesper 351
• 42 Perspective / Jacob Gaboury Gaboury, Jacob 359
• 43 Procedurally / Eric Kaltman Kaltman, Eric 369
• 44 Role-Play / Esther MacCallum-Stewart MacCallum-Stewart, Esther 377
• 45 Save / Samuel Tobin Tobin, Samuel 385
• 46 Simulation / David Myers Myers, David 393
• 47 Toys / Jon-Paul C. Dyson Dyson, Jon-Paul C. 401
• 48 Walkthrough / James Newman Newman, James 409
• 49 World Building / Marcelo Alejandro Aranda Aranda, Marcelo Alejandro 419.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

• 0262331942
• 9780262331944
• 9780262331937
• 0262331934

OCLC:

960041709

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.