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Title The pleasures of computer gaming : essays on cultural history, theory and aesthetics / edited by Melanie Swalwell and Jason Wilson.

Publication Info. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2008]
©2008

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 Moore Stacks  GV1469.17.S63 P54 2008    Available  ---
Description vi, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Little Jesuses and *@#?-off robots: on cybernetics, aesthetics, and not being very good at Lego Star Wars / Seth Giddings, Helen W. Kennedy -- Gaming/gambling: addiction and the videogame experience / Joyce Goggin -- Forbidden pleasures: cheating in computer games / Julilan Kücklich -- Movement and kinaesthetic responsiveness: a neglected pleasure / Melanie Swalwell -- "Participation TV": videogame archaeology and new media art / Jason Wilson -- The navigator's experience: an examination of the spatial in computer games / Bernadette Flynn -- Wargaming and computer games: fun with the future / Patrick Crogan -- Gameplay as thirdspace / Brett Nicholls, Simon Ryan.
Subject Video games -- Social aspects.
Video games -- Social aspects.
Added Author Swalwell, Melanie, 1972-
Wilson, Jason, 1974-
ISBN 9780786435951 softcover alkaline paper
078643595X softcover alkaline paper