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Playing with Videogames

By James Newman

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2008
ISBN
0415385229, 9780415385220, 9780203892619
LCC
GV1469.3 .N47 2008
Open Library ID
OL18513810M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1530596 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
225\225
Time added
2010-08-30 15:18:36

Description

Playing with Videogames documents the richly productive, playful and social cultures of videogaming that support, surround and sustain this most important of digital media forms and yet which remain largely invisible within existing studies. James Newman details the rich array of activities that surround game-playing, charting the vibrant and productive practices of the vast number of videogame players and the extensive 'shadow' economy of walkthroughs, FAQs, art, narratives, online discussion boards and fan games, as well as the cultures of cheating, copying and piracy that have emerged.  Playing with Videogames offers the reader a comprehensive understanding of the meanings of videogames and videogaming within the contemporary media environment.

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