Gaming Matters : Art, Science, Magic, and the Computer Game Medium
ISBN: 9780817317379 | 0817317376
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Univ of Alabama Pr
Pub. Date: 5/11/2011
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In his 2004 book Game Work, Ken S. McAllister proposed a rigorous critical methodology for the discussion of the #x1C;video game complex#x1D;-the games themselves, their players, the industry that produces them, and those who review and market them. Games, McAllister demonstrated, are viewed and discussed very differently by different factions: as an economic force, as narrative texts, as a facet of popular culture, as a psychological playground, as an ethical and moral force, even as a tool for military training. In Gaming Matters, McAllister ... MORE
| Acknowledgments | p. vii |
| Idiosyncrasy | p. 1 |
| Irreconcilability | p. 16 |
| Aimlessness | p. 32 |
| Anachronism | p. 50 |
| Duplicity | p. 63 |
| Work | p. 82 |
| Alchemy | p. 97 |
| Appendix: Gameography | p. 107 |
| Notes | p. 121 |
| Works Cited | p. 139 |
| Index | p. 149 |
| Table of Contents p... MORE |
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