Introduction to Game Analysis

by Clara Fernández Vara, Clara Fernndez-Vara, Clara Fernandez-Vara

Book Overview

This accessible textbook gives students the tools they need to analyze games using strategies borrowed from textual analysis. As the field of game studies grows, videogame writing is evolving from the mere evaluation of gameplay, graphics, sound, and replayablity, to more reflective writing that manages to convey the complexity of a game and the way it is played in a cultural context.

Clara Fern ndez-Vara's concise primer provides readers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815351844
• ISBN13: 9780815351849
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"