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More Than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form
Barry Atkins
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Description for More Than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form
Paperback. .
The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. Applies practices of reading texts from literary and cultural studies to consider the computer game as an emerging mode of contemporary storytelling in an accessible, readable manner. Contains detailed discussion of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: 'Tomb Raider', 'Half-Life', 'Close Combat' and 'Sim City'. Recognises the excitement and pleasure that has made the computer game such a massive global phenomenon. -- .
The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. Applies practices of reading texts from literary and cultural studies to consider the computer game as an emerging mode of contemporary storytelling in an accessible, readable manner. Contains detailed discussion of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: 'Tomb Raider', 'Half-Life', 'Close Combat' and 'Sim City'. Recognises the excitement and pleasure that has made the computer game such a massive global phenomenon. -- .
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780719063657
SKU
V9780719063657
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About Barry Atkins
Barry Atkins is Lecturer in English and Senior Learning and Teaching Fellow at Manchester Metropolitan University -- .
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