The Nature of Computer Games : Play as Semiosis
by
David Myers
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Digital Formations
ISBN-10
0820467006
ISBN-13
9780820467009
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Imprint
Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 28th, 2003
Print length
200 Pages
Weight
312 grams
Dimensions
15.30 x 22.80 x 1.10 cms
Product Classification:
Reference worksComputer games / online games: strategy guidesHobbies, quizzes & games
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Digital Formations is the best source for critical, well-written books about digital technologies and modern life. Books in the series break new ground by emphasizing multiple methodological and theoretical approaches to deeply probe the formation and reformation of lived experience as it is refracted through digital interaction. The series examines broad issues in realms such as digital culture, electronic commerce, law, politics and governance, gender, the Internet, race, art, health and medicine, and education.
What is the nature of computer games, and what happens when we play them? This book describes human play as a semiotic process and computer game play as a fundamental act of human cognition, or «semiosis». Offering one of the first fully articulated theories of computer games based on game play rather than game texts, The Nature of Computer Games mounts a serious challenge to literary critics, cultural theorists, and others who might assume computer game play is best understood with reference to preexisting social contexts. David Myers argues that computer game play displays a fundamentally intractable, self-reflexive structure – analogous to certain structures of thought – integral to language, consciousness, and our sense of self.
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