Understanding Games and Game Cultures

Digital games are one of the most significant media interfaces of contemporary life. 

Games today interweave with the social, economic, material, and political complexities of living in a digital age. But who makes games, who plays them, and what, how and where do we play? 
This book explores the ways in which games and game cultures can be understood. It investigates the sites, genres, platforms, interfaces and contexts for games and gameplay, offering a critical overview of the breadth of contemporary game studies.

It is an essential companion for students looking to understand games and games cultures in our increasingly playful and gamified digital society.

Info autore

INGRID RICHARDSON is an Associate Professor in Games Art & Design at Murdoch University
Larissa Hjorth is Professor in the Games Program at the School of Media & Communication, at RMIT University, Australia. 

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ingrid Richardson, Larissa Hjorth, Hugh Davies, Ingrid Hjorth Richardson, Richardson Ingrid, Hjorth Larissa, Davies Hugh
• Con la collaborazione di: Ingrid Richardson (Editore)
• Editore: Sage Publications Ltd
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.05.2021
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Media, comunicazione > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie; Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Informatica, EDP > Informatica
• EAN: 9781526498014
• ISBN: 978-1-5264-9801-4
• Numero di pagine: 248
• Categorie: Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, COMPUTERS / Programming / Games, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Communication Studies