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9781850438144

Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders Videogame Forms and Contexts

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    9781850438144

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    1850438145

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2006-03-03
  • Publisher: I. B. Tauris
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Summary

Videogames now rival Hollywood cinema in both popularity and in profits and have become a major part of contemporary popular culture, with huge fan bases for titles ranging from Tomb Raider to The Sims and global virtual communities of gamers. Exactly what it is that gaming offers, however, as a distinct form of entertainment, has received scant attention.

Author Biography

Geoff King is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Studies and Tanya Krzywinska is Reader in Film and TV Studies, both at Brunel University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction: Space Invaders, Tomb Raiders * Gameplay and its Contexts * Gamescapes: Exploration and Virtual Presence in Game Worlds * Realism, Spectacle, Sensation * Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions * Afterword * Notes * Bibliography * Index
List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction: Space Invaders, Tomb Raiders * Gameplay and its Contexts * Gamescapes: Exploration and Virtual Presence in Game Worlds * Realism, Spectacle, Sensation * Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions * Afterword * Notes * Bibliography * Index

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