%0 Book %1 citeulike:419121 %A Buckingham, David %A Thompson, John %A Carr, Diane %A Burn, Andrew %D 2006 %I Blackwell Pub %K games mathgamespatterns narrative play text theory %T Computer Games: Text, Narrative And Play %U http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XSKUf9UcxLsC %X Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys. This book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory, as well as from computer games studies, in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously. * A major new introduction to a popular and growing area of media studies. * No previous knowledge of having studied games or interactive media is assumed, and complex theoretical approaches are made clear and accessible for a student reader. * The textbook is divided into 12 clear chapters and will map closely onto course structures. * The authors offer a good balance of theory and practice - a full chapter is dedicated to teaching the student methods for analysing games themselves. * The book looks both at game texts and how they are actually played. * Discusses several well-known role-playing and action-adventure games. %@ 074563401X

@book{citeulike:419121, abstract = { Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys. This book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory, as well as from computer games studies, in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously. * A major new introduction to a popular and growing area of media studies. * No previous knowledge of having studied games or interactive media is assumed, and complex theoretical approaches are made clear and accessible for a student reader. * The textbook is divided into 12 clear chapters and will map closely onto course structures. * The authors offer a good balance of theory and practice - a full chapter is dedicated to teaching the student methods for analysing games themselves. * The book looks both at game texts and how they are actually played. * Discusses several well-known role-playing and action-adventure games.}, added-at = {2010-09-24T16:41:00.000+0200}, author = {Buckingham, David and Thompson, John and Carr, Diane and Burn, Andrew}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/209186ac7c86616aecae84b7a9ac94c13/yish}, citeulike-article-id = {419121}, howpublished = {Paperback}, interhash = {af5fa88446ce7f6cc26063f428e4f9d9}, intrahash = {09186ac7c86616aecae84b7a9ac94c13}, isbn = {074563401X}, keywords = {games mathgamespatterns narrative play text theory}, month = {January}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Blackwell Pub}, timestamp = {2010-09-24T16:41:01.000+0200}, title = {Computer Games: Text, Narrative And Play}, url = {http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=XSKUf9UcxLsC}, year = 2006 }