Author: Marvin Kenneth SimonPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780135148457
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Keys to Solving Computer Adventure Games
Author: Marvin Kenneth SimonPublisher: Prentice Hall
ISBN: 9780135148457
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Computer Gaming World
Author: A+.
Author: Signal
Author: Kevin KellyPublisher: Harmony
ISBN:
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
The latest Whole earth catalog. The usual jumble of fascinating books and gadgets. Topics here are computers, audio, video, on-line databases, networks, propaganda, movies, dance. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Adventures in Learning
Author: Fifty Key Video Games
Author: Bernard PerronPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000596230
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 349
Book Description
This volume examines fifty of the most important video games that have contributed significantly to the history, development, or culture of the medium, providing an overview of video games from their beginning to the present day. This volume covers a variety of historical periods and platforms, genres, commercial impact, artistic choices, contexts of play, typical and atypical representations, uses of games for specific purposes, uses of materials or techniques, specific subcultures, repurposing, transgressive aesthetics, interfaces, moral or ethical impact, and more. Key video games featured include Animal Crossing, Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, The Legend of Zelda, Minecraft, PONG, Super Mario Bros., Tetris, and World of Warcraft. Each game is closely analyzed in order to properly contextualize it, to emphasize its prominent features, to show how it creates a unique experience of gameplay, and to outline the ways it might speak about society and culture. The book also acts as a highly accessible showcase to a range of disciplinary perspectives that are found and practiced in the field of game studies. With each entry supplemented by references and suggestions for further reading, Fifty Key Video Games is an indispensable reference for anyone interested in video games.
Library Journal
Author: Adventure Games
Author: Aaron A. ReedPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1501346563
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 205
Book Description
The genre of adventure games is frequently overlooked. Lacking the constantly-evolving graphics and graphic violence of their counterparts in first-person and third-person shooters or role-playing games, they are often marketed to and beloved by players outside of mainstream game communities. While often forgotten by both the industry and academia, adventure games have had (and continue to have) a surprisingly wide influence on contemporary games, in categories including walking simulators, hidden object games, visual novels, and bestselling titles from companies like Telltale and Campo Santo. In this examination of heirs to the genre's legacy, the authors examine the genre from multiple perspectives, connecting technical analysis with critical commentary and social context. This will be the first book to consider this important genre from a comprehensive and transdisciplinary perspective. Drawing upon methods from platform studies, software studies, media studies, and literary studies, they reveal the genre's ludic and narrative origins and patterns, where character (and the player's embodiment of a character) is essential to the experience of play and the choices within a game. A deep structural analysis of adventure games also uncovers an unsteady balance between sometimes contradictory elements of story, exploration, and puzzles: with different games and creators employing a multitude of different solutions to resolving this tension.
Cumulative Book Index
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 2056
Book Description
A world list of books in the English language.
Journal 29
Author: Dimitris ChassapakisPublisher:
ISBN: 9781635871722
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Journal 29 is a unique book game where you can solve riddles and puzzles and submit your answers online to get the keys and move forward.To solve the riddles, you need to think out of the box.You can write, draw, search, fold pages, combine different methods and try to get those riddles right.Journal 29 is a 148 pages book providing over 63 riddles you can solve.