Gaming : Essays on Algorithmic Culture
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Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Electronic Mediations
ISBN-10
0816648514
ISBN-13
9780816648511
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Imprint
University of Minnesota Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 1st, 2006
Print length
160 Pages
Weight
230 grams
Dimensions
21.80 x 21.20 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Popular cultureComputer games / online games: strategy guides
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Considers the video game as a distinct cultural form that demands a unique interpretive framework. This book analyzes video games as something to be played rather than as texts to be read, and traces how the "algorithmic culture" created by video games intersects with theories of visuality, realism, allegory, and the avant-garde.
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