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Summary:

Essays discuss the terminology, etymology, and history of key terms, offering a foundation for critical historical studies of games.

Table of Contents:

• Series Foreword; Introduction: Why We Are Debugging; 1 Achievements; 2 Adventure; 3 Amusement Arcade; 4 Artificial Intelligence; 5 Character; 6 Classic Gaming; 7 Code; 8 Console; 9 Control; 10 Controller; 11 Cooperative Play; 12 Culturization; 13 Demo; 14 Difficulty; 15 Educational Games; 16 Embodiment; 17 Emulation; 18 Fun; 19 Game Art; 20 Game Audio; 21 Game Balance; 22 Game Camera; 23 Game Culture; 24 Game Development; 25 Game Engine; 26 Game Glitch; 27 Games as a Medium; 28 Genre; 29 Identities; 30 Immersion; 31 Independent Games; 32 Intellectual Property; 33 Kriegsspeiel.
• 34 Machinima35 Mechanics; 36 Menu; 37 Metagame; 38 Modification; 39 Narrative; 40 Platform; 41 Playing; 42 Perspective; 43 Procedurality; 44 Role-Play; 45 Save; 46 Simulation; 47 Toys; 48 Walkthrough; 49 World building; Contributors; Index.

Contributors:

Lowood, Henry , editor

Guins, Raiford , editor

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Related Series:

Game histories

Subjects:

Video games — History

Video games — Terminology

Video games

Genres:

History

Terminology

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on: Print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 443 pages) : illustrations.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

GV1469.3 .D43 2016eb

ISBNs:

0262331942 (ebk)
9780262331944 (ebk)
9780262331937 (electronic bk.)
0262331934 (electronic bk.)
0262034190 [Invalid]
9780262034197 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

960041709