Well Played 3.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning

Well Played 3.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning
ISBN-10
1257858459
ISBN-13
9781257858453
Category
Education
Pages
346
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Lulu.com
Author
et al

Description

Following on Well Played 1.0 and 2.0, this book will also be full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. Contributors will analyze sequences in a game in detail in order to illustrate and interpret how the various components of a game can come together to create fulfilling a playing experience unique to this medium. Contributors will again be looking at video games, some that were covered in Well Played 1.0 and 2.0 as well as new ones, in order to provide a variety of perspectives on more great games.

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