The Game Design Reader: A Rules of Play Anthology

by Katie Salen

Book Overview

Classic and cutting-edge writings on games, spanning nearly 50 years of game analysis and criticism, by game designers, game journalists, game fans, folklorists, sociologists, and media theorists.

The Game Design Reader is a one-of-a-kind collection on game design and criticism, from classic scholarly essays to cutting-edge case studies. A companion work to Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman's textbook Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262195364
• ISBN13: 9780262195362
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 960 Pages
• Weight: 4.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 8.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher