Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders: Video Games in the 21st Century: Videogame Forms and Contexts

King, Geoff

ISBN 10: 1850438145 / ISBN 13: 9781850438144

Editore: Bloomsbury 3PL, 2006

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Titolo: Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders: Video Games...

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury 3PL

Data di pubblicazione: 2006

Legatura: Brossura

Condizione: Good

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Riassunto:

This book focuses on key formal aspects of video games and the experiences and pleasures offered by the activities they require of the player. A wide range of games are considered, from first-person shooters to third-person action-adventures, strategy, sports-related and role-playing games. Lively and accessible in style, this book is written for both an academic readership and the wider audience of gamers and those interested in popular culture.

L'autore:

Geoff King is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Studies at Brunel University; his books include New Hollywood Cinema and American Independent Cinema. Tanya Krzywinska is Reader in Film and TV Studies at Brunel University and author of A Skin for Dancing In and Sex in the Cinema. They are also co-editors of ScreenPlay: Cinema/Videogames/Interfaces

Geoff King is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Studies and Tanya Krzywinska is Reader in Film and TV Studies, both at Brunel University.