Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders: Videogame Forms and Contexts

by Geoff King, Tanya Krzywinska

Overview

This book focuses on key formal aspects of video games and the experiences and pleasures offered by the activities they require of the player. A wide range of games are considered, from first-person shooters to third-person action-adventures, strategy, sports-related and role-playing games. Lively and accessible in style, this book is written for both an academic readership and the wider audience of gamers and those interested in popular culture.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781845111083
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	10/28/2005
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Geoff King is Senior Lecturer in Film and TV Studies and Tanya Krzywinska is Reader in Film and TV Studies, both at Brunel University.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations * Acknowledgements * Introduction: Space Invaders, Tomb Raiders * Gameplay and its Contexts * Gamescapes: Exploration and Virtual Presence in Game Worlds * Realism, Spectacle, Sensation * Social, Cultural and Political Dimensions * Afterword * Notes * Bibliography * Index

Editorial Reviews

"As one of the uninitiated, the sum total of my knowledge of the world of computer gaming was almost zero-before I read this book." —Thes

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