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The stuff games are made of
"Experimental game designer Pippin Barr explores the "stuff" videogames are made of by offering a conceptual discussion of the fundamentals of game design grounded in eight case studies of his own games"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375115
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Playing place :board games, popular culture, space
"A smart coffee table book that explores multiple facets of board games, including their design and culture, and conceptions of space and place"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373449
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- 1 online resource
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Player vs. monster :the making and breaking of video game monstrosity
"A book on how video games changed monsters, and how video game monsters shape our notions of otherness"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373241
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- 1 online resource.
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Mainstreaming and game journalism
"A history of games journalism and the impact it's had on developing a dialogue around gaming culture"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262375504
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- 1 online resource.
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Wandering games
"In an increasingly hectic world, walking simulators provide a chance for a meditative online experience. Wandering Games will be the first book to explore this genre"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262370980
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- 1 online resource.
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Playing software :homo ludens in computational culture
"This is Johan Huizinga's Homo Ludens for the 21st century. Miguel Sicart extends Huizinga's argument that play is essential to the generation of culture to the computational culture of today"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262373180
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Against flow :video games and the flowing subject
"Against Flow critically examines the idea of flow in order to temper a growing number of voices that focus on play's positive potentials"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262363054
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Free-to-play :mobile video games, bias, and norms
"Paul charts the appeal of free-to-play games and examines how they challenge dominant game industry norms"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262360519
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- 1 online resource.
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Making games :the politics and poetics of game creation tools
"Making Games conceptualizes the role of tools in game-making and to demonstrate their influence on both the politics and aesthetics of games"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262361361
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Play like a feminist
An important new voice provides a riveting look at why video games need feminism and why all of us should make space for more play in our lives. "You play like a girl": it's meant to be an insult, accusing a player of subpar, un-fun playing. If you're a girl, and you grow up, do you "play like a woman"--whatever that means' In this provocative and enlightening book, Shira Chess urges us to play…
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- 9780262360432
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