Playing with videogames / James Newman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Newman, James (James A.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Video games--Social aspects.

Video games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which remain largely invisible within existing studies. James Newman details the rich array of activities that surround game-playing, charting the vibrant and productive practices of the vast number of videogame players and the extensive 'shadow' economy of walkthroughs, FAQs, art, narratives, online discussion boards and fan games, as well as the cultures of cheating, copying and piracy that have e

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Everybody hates videogames; Part 1: Videogames as representational systems; Chapter 2: Talking about videogames; Chapter 3: Videogames and/as stories; Chapter 4: Things to make and do: Fanart, music and cosplay; Part 2: Videogames as configurative performances; Chapter 5: Game Guides, walkthroughs and FAQs; Chapter 6: Superplay, sequence breaking and speedrunning; Part 3: Videogames as technology; Chapter 7: Codemining, modding and gamemaking; Notes; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-200) and index.

ISBN:

1-134-17301-6

1-281-75364-5

9786611753641

0-203-89261-5

9780203892619

OCLC:

437220502