100 Greatest Video Game Characters

100 Greatest Video Game Characters provides readers with an understanding of the cultural significance of these iconic personalities. Whether the reader is seeking out information on a particular character or group of characters, students, scholars, and fans alike will find this collection accessible.

About the author

Jaime Banks is assistant professor in the Department of Communication Studies at West Virginia University, research associate at WVU's Interaction Lab, and currently serves as the founding Chair of the Game Studies Division of the National Communication Association. She has authored book chapters and journal articles in such publications as New Media & Society, International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction, and Journal of Gaming & Virtual Worlds.

Robert Mejia is assistant professor at the North Dakota State University and is a founding member of the National Communication Association's Game Studies Division. He is the author of multiple journal articles and book chapters on the political, economic, and cultural significance of the video game industry.

Aubrie Adams is a doctoral student in the Department of Communication at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Summary

100 Greatest Video Game Characters provides readers with an understanding of the cultural significance of these iconic personalities. Whether the reader is seeking out information on a particular character or group of characters, students, scholars, and fans alike will find this collection accessible.

Product details

• Authors: Jaime Mejia Banks, Jamie (EDT)/ Mejia Banks, Mejia
• Assisted by: Aubrie Adams (Editor), Jaime Banks (Editor), Jamie Banks (Editor), Robert Mejia (Editor), Mejia Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2017
• EAN: 9781442278127
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7812-7
• No. of pages: 260
• Series: 100 Greatest...; 100 Greatest...
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Games, quizzes; Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, ART / Digital, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Art & design styles: from c 1960, Electronic, holographic & video art, GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Mobile, Computer games / online games: strategy guides, Digital, video and new media arts, ART / History / 20th & 21st Century