In the Mind of a Game
"In the Mind of a Game" provides a solid body of critical and theoretical material that furnishes the groundwork for academic, journalistic, and marketing writers on games, and focuses squarely on theory and criticism. It provides a core set of theoretical and critical writings that readers can draw upon as they write critical essays and other writings on games. This book is not simply an anthology of critical essays; it is a core set of writings that presents starting points for critical and...
Search in google:
In the Mind of a Game provides a core set of historical, theoretical, and critical writings on computer game studies. The topics it incorporates span the academic and industrial spectra and furnish more than a simple anthology of critical essays. It can serve as a valuable resource for professional game developers, and it furnishes a ready asset for teachers and students involved in game development or literary, film, and game criticism; professional and academic critical writers; and students in the arts and humanities who seek computer games as a topic of critical writing. It provides philosophical, anthropological, and sociological views of computer games, and it incorporates topics from discourse theory and cognitive psychology to provide perspectives on the culture of computer game playing and game development. Coverage includes discussion of the development, use, marketing, financing, criticism, and consumption of computer games. Two chapters offer a personalized account of the author's direct experience developing a computer game.
Ch. 1Computer games and reality1Ch. 2The language(s) of games21Ch. 3Game as art and technology55Ch. 4Games and films87Ch. 5Developer as artist123Ch. 6Developer as engineer159Ch. 7The studio : game post-mortem, part 1193Ch. 8The phenomenon : game post-mortem, part 2227Ch. 9Society in games259Ch. 10The game in me285Ch. 11In the mind of a game313
