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| About the book |
This book introduces the critical concepts and debates that are shaping the emerging field of game studies. Exploring games in the context of cultural studies and media studies, it analyses computer games as the most popular contemporary form of new media production and consumption. The book:
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| About the authors |
Helen W. Kennedy is Senior Lecturer and MA Award Leader in the School of Cultural Studies, University of the West of England, Bristol. Helen has spoken at a number of both academic and industry conferences on the role of women in computer games and computer games culture. She was invited speaker at the GDC Europe Academic Summit August 2003 and the Women In Games conference June 2004.
Jonathan Dovey is Reader in Screen Media University of Bristol. Jonathan is also a Video Producer and digital artist, who has published on the subjects of new media and documentary studies.
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| Table of contents |
Introduction: Computer Games as New Media The Ludological Turn: What Play Theory Brings to the Analysis of New Media Why We Get the Games We Get: The Political Economy of Games Networks Of Technicity Understanding Games as `Texts' Cyborg Spectatorship: Untying the Knots of Gameplay Interventions and Recuperations |
