Shira Chess - Play Like a Feminist
“You play like a girl”: it’s meant to be an insult, accusing a player of playing on a bad level. In this provocative book, Shira Chess urges us to pla..(read more)
Publisher: MIT Press / ISBN: 9780262044387
Author: Shira Chess
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Feminism, Game Design, Video Games.
Various Authors - Retro Videogames – The 100 Greatest
100 greatest retro videogames as chosen by the experts at Retro Gamer magazine. From platformers and puzzlers to shooters and racing games, it covers everything..(read more)
Publisher: Carlton Books / ISBN: 9781787393080
Author: Various Authors
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Cult, History, Nostalgia, Video Games.
Michael Z. Newman - Atari Age – The Emergence Of Video Games In America
The emergence of video games in America from ball-and-paddle games to hits like Space Invaders and Pac-Man, describing their relationship to other amusements an..(read more)
Publisher: MIT Press / ISBN: 9780262035712
Author: Michael Z. Newman
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Media Theory, USA, Video Games.
Keith Burgun - Game Design Theory: A New Philosophy for Understanding Games`
Despite the proliferation of video games in the twenty-first century, the theory of game design is largely underdeveloped, leaving designers on their own to und..(read more)
Publisher: CRC Press / ISBN 9781466554207
Author: Keith Burgun
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tag: Video Games.
Mary Flanagan - Critical Play
For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation,
fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this,
providing not only outlets f..(read more)
Publisher: MIT Press / ISBN: 9780262518659
Author: Mary Flanagan
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Media Theory, Technology, Video Games.
Mike Rose - 250 Indie Games You Must Play
With a surge in popularity recently and an increase in great downloadable games, there has never been a better time to learn about independent “indie̶..(read more)
Publisher: CRC Press / ISBN 9781439875742
Author: Mike Rose
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tag: Video Games.
Roberto Dillon - The Golden Age of Video Games
This book focuses on the history of video games, consoles, and home computers from the very beginning until the mid-nineties, which started a new era in digital..(read more)
Publisher: CRC Press / ISBN 9781439873236
Author: Roberto Dillon
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: History, Video Games.
Garry Crawford - Video Gamers
Video Gamers outlines the extensive range and richness of player studies, and provides a great service to students and research communities alike by building br..(read more)
Publisher: Routledge / ISBN 978-0-415-67441-6
Author: Garry Crawford
Medium: Book
Category: Books & Magazines.
Tags: Media Theory, Sociology, Technology, Video Games.
