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Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play

ISBN: 978-0-7456-3401-2
Paperback
224 pages
February 2006, Polity
List Price: US $32.95
Government Price: US $21.92
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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!
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