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The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
Jesper Juul
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Description for The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
Paperback. Series: Playful Thinking Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 54 b&w illus. BIC Classification: JFC; UDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 182.
An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them. We may think of video games as being fun, but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, and shout in frustration as we lose, or die, or fail to advance to the next level. Humans may have a fundamental desire to succeed and feel competent, ... Read more
An exploration of why we play video games despite the fact that we are almost certain to feel unhappy when we fail at them. We may think of video games as being fun, but in The Art of Failure, Jesper Juul claims that this is almost entirely mistaken. When we play video games, our facial expressions are rarely those of happiness or bliss. Instead, we frown, grimace, and shout in frustration as we lose, or die, or fail to advance to the next level. Humans may have a fundamental desire to succeed and feel competent, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Playful Thinking Series
Condition
New
Weight
182g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass., United States
ISBN
9780262529952
SKU
V9780262529952
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About Jesper Juul
Jesper Juul is Associate Professor in the School of Design at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. He is the author of Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds; A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players; and The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games, all published by the MIT ... Read more
Reviews for The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
Juul's essay is lean, pleasingly bold, and follows through on an intriguing premise. -Slate So it's a fascinating time to examine the concept of failure in video games, and luckily the gaming academic Jesper Juul did just that in The Art of Failure: An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games, which was released in February ... Read more