Understanding Games and Game Cultures

by Ingrid Richardson, Larissa Hjorth, Hugh Davies

Book Overview

Digital games are one of the most significant media interfaces of contemporary life.

Games today interweave with the social, economic, material, and political complexities of living in a digital age. But who makes games, who plays them, and what, how and where do we play?

This book explores the ways in which games and game cultures can be understood. It investigates the sites, genres, platforms, interfaces and contexts for games...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526498006
• ISBN13: 9781526498007
• Release Date: May 2021
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"