An Introduction to Game Studies
An Introduction to Game Studies by Frans Mayra, published by SAGE Publications Ltd on March 3, 2008, is a comprehensive guide to the academic discipline of game studies. This 208-page textbook provides an overview of the history and character of games studies, focusing on the analytical study of games within cultural contexts. It introduces students to the core concepts necessary for analyzing games as dynamic cultural constructs, spanning from the prehistory of games through the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, to contemporary developments.
Readers will find a structured approach to understanding games, including both theoretical foundations and essential genres within the field. The book emphasizes the significance of games as signifying constructs and explores the cultural implications of gaming across different periods. This edition serves as a foundational resource for students seeking to engage with the complexities of game culture and its evolution over time.
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An Introduction to Game Studies is a core textbook for game studies as an academic discipline, and is the comprehensive guide to the field. It introduces the student to the history and character of games studies as an analytical study of games in culture, and then moves to provide an overview of games as signifying and dynamic cultural constructs. This book shows how to analyze games by introducing the core analytical concepts in the contexts of games and game cultures of four periods. It covers the prehistory of games, the 70s, 80s, and 90s and also contemporary developments. Students will be introduced to both the theoretical core and the essential genres and classics of the subject.
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