02495cam a2200373 a 4500 computergamestex0000unse CaSfIA 20250819064724.0 m o d cr|||||||||||| 060628s2006 enka ob 001 0 eng 2006278761 0745634001 (hbk.) 9780745634005 (hbk.) 074563401X (pbk.) 9780745634012 (pbk.) (OCoLC)1170506092 UKM UKM DLC BWKUK BAKER IXA YDXCP YBM DAY CS1 BTCTA XFF CaSfIA ukblsr lccopycat GV1469.17.S63 C66 2006 Computer games : text, narrative, and play / Diane Carr ... [et al.]. Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity, 2006. 1 online resource (vi, 210 pages : illustrations) "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, games and media theory 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."--BOOK JACKET Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-207) and index. Studying computer games / David Buckingham -- Defining game genres / Andrew Burn and Diane Carr -- Games and narrative / Diane Carr -- Play and pleasure / Diane Carr -- Space, navigation and affect / Diane Carr -- Playing roles / Andrew Burn -- Reworking the text: online fandom / Andrew Burn -- Motivation and online gaming / Andrew Burn and Diane Carr -- Social play and learning / Gareth Schott and Maria Kambouri -- Agency in and around play / Gareth Schott -- Film adaptation and computer games / Diane Carr with Diarmid Campbell and Katie Ellwood -- Games and gender / Diane Carr -- Doing game analysis / David Buckingham. Computer games Social aspects. Carr, Diane. https://archive.org/details/computergamestex0000unse Free eBook from the Internet Archive https://openlibrary.org/books/OL15978495M Additional information and access via Open Library computergamestex0000unse ark:/13960/t6b36td81