Overview

Full Product Details

Author:   Zach Waggoner
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.331kg
ISBN:  

9780786469703

ISBN 10:   0786469706
Pages:   244
Publication Date:   06 June 2013
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction: Words Matter (Even When Playing with Them) (Zach Waggoner) Ergodic Effort: Dynamism and Auto-Generated Path-Making (Jeffrey S. Bryan) To Configure or to Navigate? On Textual Frames (Daniel Golding) Rule-Playing: Gamers’ Roles in Interacting with the Rules of Play (Steven J. Engel and Chris Gerben) Hunting for Identity: Community, Performance and the Curious Case of the “Huntard” in World of Warcraft delete(Jeff Holmes) From Social Realism to Allegorithms of Assemblage as Gaming Activism in Minecraft delete(Steven Keoni Holmes) After Ergodics: Noematic Work and the Function of Diegetic Information in Computer Roleplaying Games (Terrence E. Schenold) Seeking the Exotic: Orientalist Agency and Space in Adventure Games delete(Stephanie Scott) QQMore: An Examination of the Origins and Modern Usage of QQ in an Online Game Forum delete(Jon Bakos) Using Components to Describe Videogames and Their Players (Michael Thomét) Procedurality and the Problem of Defining Game Mechanics (Richard Colby) About the Contributors Index

Reviews

Author Information

Zach Waggoner has a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from Arizona State University. He is Course Coordinator for The Writers’ Studio at Arizona State University and lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

Tab Content 6

Author Website:  

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

No review item found!

Add your own review!

Countries Available

All regions