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  • Player vs. Monster

    The Making and Breaking of Video Game Monstrosity

    de Jaroslav Svelch ...
    Series series Playful Thinking
    An ode to the gruesome game characters we love to beat—from the monsters of D&D to the mutants of The Last of Us—and what they tell us about ourselves.Since the early days of video games, monsters have played pivotal roles as dangers to be avoided, level bosses to be defeated, or targets to be destroyed for extra points. But why is the figure of the monster so important in gaming, and how have ... Leer más

    $339 MXN

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  • World of Warcraft and Philosophy

    Wrath of the Philosopher King

    de Luke Cuddy, John Nordlinger ...
    Series series Popular Culture and Philosophy
    Recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most popular MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role-playing game) in videogame history, World of Warcraft is everywhere - from episodes of South Park and The Simpsons, to online series like Watch the Guild, accolades and awards from game critics, and prime-time commercials with Mr. T. Inevitably, such a cultural phenomenon triggers deeper ... Leer más

    $251 MXN

  • Eurogames

    The Design, Culture and Play of Modern European Board Games

    de Stewart Woods ...
    While board games can appear almost primitive in the digital age, eurogames--also known as German-style board games--have increased in popularity nearly concurrently with the rise of video games. Eurogames have simple rules and short playing times and emphasize strategy over luck and conflict. This book examines the form of eurogames, the hobbyist culture that surrounds them, and the way that ... Leer más

    $287 MXN

  • Communities of Play

    Emergent Cultures in Multiplayer Games and Virtual Worlds

    de Celia Pearce ...
    The odyssey of a group of “refugees” from a closed-down online game and an exploration of emergent fan cultures in virtual worlds.Play communities existed long before massively multiplayer online games; they have ranged from bridge clubs to sports leagues, from tabletop role-playing games to Civil War reenactments. With the emergence of digital networks, however, new varieties of adult play ... Leer más

    $378 MXN

  • Spec Fic For Newbies Vol 1

    A Beginner's Guide to Writing Subgenres of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror

    de Tiffani Angus, Val Nolan ...
    Series Libro 1 - Spec Fic for Newbies
    Locus Recommended Reading List 2023BSFA for Best Non-Fiction, Shortlist 2024Tiffani Angus (Ph.D.) and Val Nolan (Ph.D.) met at the 2009 Clarion Writers' Workshop in California and since then have collaborated many times as fans and scholars on panels for SFF conventions and writing retreats.Working together on this book and combining their experience as SFF writers and as university lecturers in ... Leer más

    $157 MXN

  • Online Gaming in Context

    The social and cultural significance of online games

    Edición de Garry Crawford, Victoria K Gosling, Ben Light ...
    Series series Routledge Advances in Sociology
    There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure industry and pastime. The significance of video games within our everyday lives has certainly been increased and shaped by new technologies and gaming patterns, including the rise of home-based games consoles, advances ... Leer más

    $1,417 MXN

  • Sound Play

    Video Games and the Musical Imagination

    de William Cheng ...
    Series series Oxford Music / Media
    Video games open portals to fantastical worlds where imaginative play and enchantment prevail. These virtual settings afford us considerable freedom to act out with relative impunity. Or do they? Sound Play explores the aesthetic, ethical, and sociopolitical stakes of people's creative engagements with gaming's audio phenomena-from sonorous violence to synthesized operas, from democratic music ... Leer más

    $598 MXN

  • Comics and Videogames

    From Hybrid Medialities to Transmedia Expansions

    Edición de Andreas Rauscher, Daniel Stein, Jan-Noël Thon ...
    This book offers the first comprehensive study of the many interfaces shaping the relationship between comics and videogames. It combines in-depth conceptual reflection with a rich selection of paradigmatic case studies from contemporary media culture.The editors have gathered a distinguished group of international scholars working at the interstices of comics studies and game studies to explore ... Leer más

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  • How to Play Video Games

    Edición de Matthew Thomas Payne, Nina B. Huntemann ...
    Series series User's Guides to Popular Culture
    Forty original contributions on games and gaming cultureWhat does Pokémon Go tell us about globalization? What does Tetris teach us about rules? Is feminism boosted or bashed by Kim Kardashian: Hollywood? How does BioShock Infinite help us navigate world-building?From arcades to Atari, and phone apps to virtual reality headsets, video games have been at the epicenter of our ever-evolving ... Leer más

    $432 MXN

  • The Play Versus Story Divide in Game Studies

    Critical Essays

    Edición de Matthew Wilhelm Kapell ...
    Series series Studies in Gaming
    Since the emergence of digital game studies, a number of debates have engaged scholars. The debate between ludic (play) and narrative (story) paradigms remains the one that famously "never happened."This collection of new essays critically frames that debate and urges game scholars to consider it central to the field. The essayists examine various digital games, assessing the applicability of play ... Leer más

    $373 MXN

  • The Meaning of Video Games

    Gaming and Textual Strategies

    de Steven E. Jones ...
    The Meaning of Video Games takes a textual studies approach to an increasingly important form of expression in today’s culture. It begins by assuming that video games are meaningful–not just as sociological or economic or cultural evidence, but in their own right, as cultural expressions worthy of scholarly attention. In this way, this book makes a contribution to the study of video games, but it ... Leer más

    $1,032 MXN

  • 100 Greatest Video Game Characters

    Edición de Jaime Banks, Robert Mejia, Aubrie Adams ...
    Series series 100 Greatest...
    Though in existence for only a few decades, video games are now firmly established in mainstream culture all around the planet. Every year new games are produced, and every year new favorites emerge. But certain characters have become so iconic that they withstand both time and the shifting interests of players. Such creations permeate other elements of popular culture—from graphic novels to film ... Leer más

    $747 MXN