Gaming Matters: Art, Science, Magic, and the Computer Game Medium

by Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister

In his 2004 book Game Work, Ken S. McAllister proposed a rigorous critical methodology for the discussion of the "video game complex"--the games themselves, their players, the industry that produces them, and those who review and market them. Games, McAllister demonstrated, are viewed and discussed very differently by different factions: as an economic force, as narrative texts, as a facet of popular culture, as a psychological playground,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817317376
• ISBN13: 9780817317379
• Release Date: May 2011
• Publisher: University of Alabama Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"