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The impossible reversal : a history of how we play / Peter D. McDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McDonald, Peter (Peter Douglas), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Play--History.
- Play.
- Games--History.
- Games.
- Recreation--History.
- Recreation.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (326 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University Of Minnesota Press, [2026]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Interpreting play
- Part I. The impossible reversal. Play without rules: George Brecht and the uncertainty of judgment
- Pinball logics: from the EM arcades to The Incredible Machine
- Part II. Expending the secret. Play without knowing: Yoko Ono and the anthropology of ritual
- Act natural: from therapeutic role-play to Super Mario World
- Part III. Simulated freedom. Play without end: Benjamin Patterson and liberal subjectivity
- Model citizens: from management training to SimCity
- Part IV. Oblique repetition. Play without meaning: Shigeko Kubota and the semiotics of chess
- Adventures in abstraction: from media panic to Tetris
- Conclusion: synthesizing video games
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781452975047 (electronic bk.)
- 1452975043 (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40033158265
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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