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Computer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated,...
About the Author
David Buckingham is Professor of Education and head of the Centre for the Study of Children, Youth and Media (CSCYM) at the University of London.
Andrew Burn is Reader in Education and New Media and Associate Director of the CSCYM at the University of London.
Diane Carr is Research Officer of the CSCYM at the University of London.
Gareth Schott is Senior Lecturer of Screen...
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"This valuable text is always informed by serious research, analysis and careful thought."
-- Julian McDougall, Media Education Assocation Newsletter
'Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play will be valuable for teachers and students who want to familiaize themselves with the core concepts and important debates within the merging field of games studies. But it does more than that - couping format analysis of games with an ethnographic perspective...
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- PublisherPolity
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0745634001
- ISBN 13 9780745634005
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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