Mary Flanagan

Critical Play

Radical Game Design

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For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? In Critical Play, artist and game designer Mary Flanagan examines alternative games ¿ games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry ¿ and argues that games designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture. Flanagan provides a lively historical context for critical play through twentieth-century art movements, connectin… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-262-25819-7
EAN: 9780262258197
Produktnummer: 35061851
Verlag: MIT Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 362 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 5'839 KB
Abbildungen: 116 FIGURES

Über den Autor

Mary Flanagan is Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Professor in Digital Humanities, Director of the Tiltfactor game research laboratory, and Professor in the Department of Film and Media Studies at Dartmouth College. She is the author of Critical Play: Radical Game Design (MIT Press).