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.

Game histories

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--History.

Video games.

Video games--Terminology.

Genre:

History.

Terminology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Summary:

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

Contents:

Series Foreword; Introduction: Why We Are Debugging; 1 Achievements; 2 Adventure; 3 Amusement Arcade; 4 Artificial Intelligence; 5 Character; 6 Classic Gaming; 7 Code; 8 Console; 9 Control; 10 Controller; 11 Cooperative Play; 12 Culturization; 13 Demo; 14 Difficulty; 15 Educational Games; 16 Embodiment; 17 Emulation; 18 Fun; 19 Game Art; 20 Game Audio; 21 Game Balance; 22 Game Camera; 23 Game Culture; 24 Game Development; 25 Game Engine; 26 Game Glitch; 27 Games as a Medium; 28 Genre; 29 Identities; 30 Immersion; 31 Independent Games; 32 Intellectual Property; 33 Kriegsspeiel.

34 Machinima35 Mechanics; 36 Menu; 37 Metagame; 38 Modification; 39 Narrative; 40 Platform; 41 Playing; 42 Perspective; 43 Procedurality; 44 Role-Play; 45 Save; 46 Simulation; 47 Toys; 48 Walkthrough; 49 World building; Contributors; Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-33195-0

0-262-33194-2

OCLC:

960041709