Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play

Diane Carr, David Buckingham, Andrew Burn, Gareth Schott

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3401-2

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224 pages

March 2006, Polity

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A major new introduction to a popular and growing area of media studies.
No previous knowledge of having studied games or interactive media is assumed, and complex theoretical approaches are made clear and accessible for a student reader.
The textbook is divided into 12 clear chapters and will map closely onto course structures.
The authors offer a good balance of theory and practice – a full chapter is dedicated to teaching the student methods for analysing games themselves.
The book looks both at game texts and how they are actually played.
Discusses several well-known role-playing and action-adventure games.
All 'classic' games are covered!