Games without Frontiers : Methods for Game Studies and Design

ISBN-13: 9783639148541 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 424 str.

Aki Järvinen

Opis

Games without Frontiers is a cornerstone inmulti-disciplinary game studies, drawing from studyof art, psychology, systems theory, aesthetics, andcommunication studies. The author introduces a set ofconcepts, categorizations, and analysis methods forstudy and design of games. The book also offers acomprehensive perspective to psychological nature ofplay with discussions on goals, human abilities, andemotions. Games without Frontiers covers games of allkinds: it is based on an empirical sample of over 100games, which includes computer and video games, boardgames, card games, and television game shows. Games without Frontiers is essential reading for game scholars, teachers, and students interested inanalyzing games from psychological, aesthetic, anddesign perspectives.-- "Remarkable and ambitious piece of work. -Professor James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin,Author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us AboutLearning and Literacy -- "Hugely ambitious work, which puts a stake inthe ground for game studies." - Jesper Juul, Ph.D.,Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab, Author of Half-Real:Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds.

O autorze

teaches and researches game design at the IT University of
Copenhagen, Denmark, and works as a game and interaction design
consultant through his company, mygamestudies.com. Games without
Frontiers is the author's doctoral dissertation, based on his
work on academic research and commercial game development since
1998. Author Photo by Katri Lehtola.