The Video Game Theory Reader 2

by Perron; Bernard

• ISBN13: 9780415962827
• ISBN10: 041596282X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-11-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

"The Video Game Theory Reader 2 continues the exploration begun in the first Video Game Theory Reader (Routledge, 2003) with a group of leading scholars turning their attention to a wide variety of theoretical concerns and approaches, examining and raising new issues in the rapidly expanding field of video games studies. The editors' Introduction picks up where the Introduction in the first Video Game Theory Reader left off, considering the growth of the field and setting challenges for the future. The volume concludes with an appendix presenting over 40 theories and disciplines that can be usefully and insightfully applied to the study of video games."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Tim Skelly

Introduction

Bernard Perron and Mark J. P. Wolf

The Essays

Gaming Literacy: Game Design as a Model for Literacy in the 21st Century

Philosophical Game Design

The Video Game Aesthetic: Play as Form

Embodiment and Interface

Understanding Video Games as Emotional Experiences

In the Frame of the Magic Cycle: The Circle(s) of Gameplay

Understanding Digital Playability

Z-axis Development in the Video Game

Retro Reflexivity: La-Mulana, an 8-Bit Period Piece

"This is Intelligent Television": Early Video Games & Television in the Emergence of the Personal Computer

Too Many Cooks: Media Convergence and Self-Defeating Adaptations

Fear of Failing? The Many Meanings of Difficulty in Video Games

Between Theory and Practice: The GAMBIT Experience

Synthetic Worlds as Experimental Instruments

Lag, Language, & Lingo: Theorizing Noise in Online Game Spaces

Getting into the Game: Doing Multi-Disciplinary Game Studies

Appendix: Video Games

Through Theories and Disciplines Works Cited About the Contributors

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