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Author : Henry Lowood
Release : 2011
Genre : Business & Economics
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 331/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Machinima Reader by : Henry Lowood
Download or read book The Machinima Reader written by Henry Lowood. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first critical overview of an emerging field, with contributions from both scholars and artist-practitioners.
Author : Jenna Ng
Release : 2013-07-30
Genre : Social Science
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 535/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Understanding Machinima by : Jenna Ng
Download or read book Understanding Machinima written by Jenna Ng. This book was released on 2013-07-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this groundbreaking collection, Dr. Jenna Ng brings together academics and award-winning artists and machinima makers to explore the fascinating combination of cinema, animation and games in machinima (the use of computer game engines to produce animated films in cost- and time-efficient ways). Book-ended by a preface by Henry Lowood (curator for history of science and technology collections at Stanford University) and an interview with Isabelle Arvers (machinima artist, trainer, critic, and curator), the collection features wide-ranging discussions addressing machinima not only from diverse theoretical perspectives, but also in its many dimensions as game art, First Nations media art, documentary, and pedagogical tool. Making use of interactive multimedia to enhance the text, each chapter features a QR code which leads to a mobile website cross-referencing with its print text, integrating digital and print content while also taking into account the portability of digital devices in resonance with machinima's mobile digital forms. Exploring the many dimensions of machinima production and reception, Understanding Machinima extends machinima's critical scholarship and debate, underscoring the exciting potential of this emerging media form.
Author : Jennifer Malkowski
Release : 2017-07-03
Genre : Games & Activities
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 601/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Gaming Representation by : Jennifer Malkowski
Download or read book Gaming Representation written by Jennifer Malkowski. This book was released on 2017-07-03. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent years have seen an increase in public attention to identity and representation in video games, including journalists and bloggers holding the digital game industry accountable for the discrimination routinely endured by female gamers, queer gamers, and gamers of color. Video game developers are responding to these critiques, but scholarly discussion of representation in games has lagged far behind. Gaming Representation examines portrayals of race, gender, and sexuality in a range of games, from casuals like Diner Dash, to indies like Journey and The Binding of Isaac, to mainstream games from the Grand Theft Auto, BioShock, Spec Ops, The Last of Us, and Max Payne franchises. Arguing that representation and identity function as systems in games that share a stronger connection to code and platforms than it may first appear, the contributors to this volume push gaming scholarship to new levels of inquiry, theorizing, and imagination.
Author : Erik Champion
Release : 2013-01-01
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 613/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism by : Erik Champion
Download or read book Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism written by Erik Champion. This book was released on 2013-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are games worthy of academic attention? Can they be used effectively in the classroom, in the research laboratory, as an innovative design tool, as a persuasive political weapon? Game Mods: Design Theory and Criticism aims to answer these and more questions. It features chapters by authors chosen from around the world, representing fields as diverse as architecture, ethnography, puppetry, cultural studies, music education, interaction design and industrial design. How can we design, play with and reflect on the contribution of game mods, related tools and techniques, to both game studies and to society as a whole?
Author : Marios C. Angelides
Release : 2014-02-19
Genre : Technology & Engineering
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 276/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Handbook of Digital Games by : Marios C. Angelides
Download or read book Handbook of Digital Games written by Marios C. Angelides. This book was released on 2014-02-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers the state-of-the-art in digital games research and development for anyone working with or studying digital games and those who are considering entering into this rapidly growing industry. Many books have been published that sufficiently describe popular topics in digital games; however, until now there has not been a comprehensive book that draws the traditional and emerging facets of gaming together across multiple disciplines within a single volume.
