Mazes in Videogames: Meaning, Metaphor and Design

by Alison Gazzard

From the text adventures of Zork, to the arcade game of Pac-Man, to the corridors of Doom, and on to the city streets of Grand Theft Auto IV, the maze has often been used as a space to trap and confuse players in their navigation of gameworlds. However, the maze as a construction on the landscape has a long history before the invention of the videogame. By examining the change in the maze from the landscapes of open spaces...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786467940
• ISBN13: 9780786467945
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher