Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism
by Erik Champion et al.
Publisher: ETC Press 2012
ISBN/ASIN: B00ASQS684
Number of pages: 200
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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.
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