The Nature of Computer Games
Play as Semiosis
What is the nature of computer games, and what happens when we play them? This book describes human play as a semiotic process and computer game play as a fundamental act of human cognition, or semiosis. Offering one of the first fully articulated theories of computer games based on game play rather than game texts, The Nature of Computer Games mounts a serious challenge to literary critics, cultural theorists, and others who might assume computer game play is best understood with reference to preexisting social contexts. David Myers argues that computer game play displays a fundamentally intractable, self-reflexive structure - analogous to c…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-8204-6700-9
- EAN: 9780820467009
- Produktnummer: 14574703
- Verlag: Lang, Peter
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 200 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B14.9 cm x D1.5 cm 293 g
- Auflage: New
- Abbildungen: 7 fig.
- Reihenbandnummer: 16
- Gewicht: 293
Über den Autor
The Author: David Myers is Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies at Loyola University in New Orleans. He received his Ph.D. in radio-television-film from the University of Texas at Austin. His analyses of digital media play and games have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the international journals Semiotica and Simulation & Gaming.
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