The Fundamentals of Video Game Literacy: Theory, Practice, and Aesthetics
Author:   Ryan Zhao
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781032871127


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   15 April 2025
Format:   Hardback
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The Fundamentals of Video Game Literacy: Theory, Practice, and Aesthetics


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Author:   Ryan Zhao
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.930kg
ISBN:  

9781032871127


ISBN 10:   1032871121
Pages:   408
Publication Date:   15 April 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction, 2. Key Terms, 3. Reading Game Design, 4. Interfacing with Games, 5. Other Models of Meaning-Making for Video Games, 6. Layered Literacy, Part 1: Diegesis, Mimesis, Methexis, 7. Layered Literacy, Part 2: Sense-Making, 8. Layered Literacy, Part 3: Meaning-Making, 9. Narrative, 10. Perspective-Taking, 11. Instantiation and Characterization, 12. Expressivity, 13. Glitches, Cheating, and Metagame, 14. Ideology and Ethics

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Ryan Zhao is an independent researcher and lecturer specializing in video game literacy. After achieving his MS in the psychological sciences, he has worked for almost a decade in the video game industry, performing research and marketing roles for Nintendo and Xbox, and he has more than a decade of critical work through podcasts and publications Cane and Rinse, Sound of Play, and Play;Write.

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