Game Mods: Design, Theory and Criticism
by Erik Champion et al.
Publisher: ETC Press 2012
ISBN/ASIN: B00ASQS684
Number of pages: 200
Description:
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.
Download or read it online for free here:
Download link
(15MB, PDF)
Download mirrors:
Mirror 1
Similar books
#PS3History: The Complete History Of The PS3by GregoryRasputin - Smashwords
This book is about one of the greatest games consoles ever created, the PlayStation 3(PS3), it covers every aspect of the consoles journey over the past 10+ years, it's highs and it's lows, the games, different versions, the hacking and the homebrew.
(6545 views)
Gamer Theoryby McKenzie Wark - Harvard University Press
Gamer Theory uncovers the significance of games in the gap between the near-perfection of actual games and the highly imperfect gamespace of everyday life. The book depicts a world becoming a series of less and less perfect games.
(7639 views)
Well Played 1.0: Video Games, Value and Meaningby Drew Davidson - Lulu.com
The book is full of in-depth close readings of video games that parse out the various meanings to be found in the experience of playing a game. The goal is to help develop a literacy of games as well as a sense of their value as an experience.
(13160 views)
A Playful Pathby Bernard De Koven - ETC Press
The book serves as a collection of ideas and tools to help us bring our playfulness back into the open. When we find ourselves forgetting the life of the game or the game of life, this book can help us return to that which our soul is heir.
(4863 views)