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Half Real

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Author : Jesper Juul
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2011-08-19

Half Real written by Jesper Juul and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-19 with Games & Activities categories.

An in-depth analysis of game development and rules and fiction in video games—with concrete examples, including The Legend of Zelda, Grand Theft Auto, and more A video game is half-real: we play by real rules while imagining a fictional world. We win or lose the game in the real world, but we slay a dragon (for example) only in the world of the game. In this thought-provoking study, Jesper Juul examines the constantly evolving tension between rules and fiction in video games. Discussing games from Pong to The Legend of Zelda, from chess to Grand Theft Auto, he shows how video games are both a departure from and a development of traditional non-electronic games. The book combines perspectives from such fields as literary and film theory, computer science, psychology, economic game theory, and game studies, to outline a theory of what video games are, how they work with the player, how they have developed historically, and why they are fun to play. Locating video games in a history of games that goes back to Ancient Egypt, Juul argues that there is a basic affinity between games and computers. Just as the printing press and the cinema have promoted and enabled new kinds of storytelling, computers work as enablers of games, letting us play old games in new ways and allowing for new kinds of games that would not have been possible before computers. Juul presents a classic game model, which describes the traditional construction of games and points to possible future developments. He examines how rules provide challenges, learning, and enjoyment for players, and how a game cues the player into imagining its fictional world. Juul’s lively style and eclectic deployment of sources will make Half-Real of interest to media, literature, and game scholars as well as to game professionals and gamers.

A Multimodal Approach To Video Games And The Player Experience

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Author : Weimin Toh
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-10

A Multimodal Approach To Video Games And The Player Experience written by Weimin Toh and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-10 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.

This volume puts forth an original theoretical framework, the ludonarrative model, for studying video games which foregrounds the empirical study of the player experience. The book provides a comprehensive introduction to and description of the model, which draws on theoretical frameworks from multimodal discourse analysis, game studies, and social semiotics, and its development out of participant observation and qualitative interviews from the empirical study of a group of players. The volume then applies this approach to shed light on how players’ experiences in a game influence how they understand and make use of game components in order to progress its narrative. The book concludes with a frame by frame analysis of a popular game to demonstrate the model’s principles in action and its subsequent broader applicability to analyzing video game interaction and design. Offering a new way forward for video game research, this volume is key reading for students and scholars in multimodality, discourse analysis, game studies, interactive storytelling, and new media.

A Quantum Groups Primer

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Author : Shahn Majid
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2002-04-04

A Quantum Groups Primer written by Shahn Majid and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-04-04 with Mathematics categories.

This book provides a self-contained introduction to quantum groups as algebraic objects. Based on the author's lecture notes for the Part III pure mathematics course at Cambridge University, it is suitable for use as a textbook for graduate courses in quantum groups or as supplement to modern courses in advanced algebra. The book assumes a background knowledge of basic algebra and linear algebra. Some familiarity with semisimple Lie algebras would also be helpful. The book is aimed as a primer for mathematicians but will also be useful for mathematical physicists.

Collection Of Pamphlets On Coinage

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1869

Collection Of Pamphlets On Coinage written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1869 with Coinage (Red) categories.

Fair To Middlin

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Author : Lynn Willoughby
language : en
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Release Date : 2009-04-19

Fair To Middlin written by Lynn Willoughby and has been published by University of Alabama Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-04-19 with Business & Economics categories.

Explores the livelihood of the regional antebellum economy surrounding the Apalachicola/Chattahoochee River valley and the resulting global impact of this industry This study focuses on the port of Apalachicola, Florida and the business men who lived the trade, flourishing amongst the poor conditions of transportation, communication, money, and banking. Cotton businessmen located along the waterway and on the coast neatly divided the labour necessary to market the region's major source of income. Early regional economics revolved around and grew from the rivers that served as the primary form of transportation, and each patchwork of economy in the antebellum South relied on a different river system and its major transportation artery. Few people truly understand and realize how important cotton was to the world's economy, and no other American export came close to the importance of cotton. This power and success allowed the South to function self-sufficiently, eliminating the need to rely on other regions for goods. It was not until the introduction of the railroad system that these individual river economies blurred and faded into one another, gradually uniting to one integrated national economy.

The Rude Stone Monuments Of Ireland Co Sligo And The Island Of Achill

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Author : William Gregory Wood-Martin
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1888

The Rude Stone Monuments Of Ireland Co Sligo And The Island Of Achill written by William Gregory Wood-Martin and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1888 with Achill Island (Ireland) categories.

Hildegarde S Holiday

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Author : Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891

Hildegarde S Holiday written by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Girls categories.

The Colonial Spanish American City

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Author : Jay Kinsbruner
language : en
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Release Date : 2005-05-01

The Colonial Spanish American City written by Jay Kinsbruner and has been published by University of Texas Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-01 with History categories.

The colonial Spanish-American city, like its counterpart across the Atlantic, was an outgrowth of commercial enterprise. A center of entrepreneurial activity and wealth, it drew people seeking a better life, with more educational, occupational, commercial, bureaucratic, and marital possibilities than were available in the rural regions of the Spanish colonies. Indeed, the Spanish-American city represented hope and opportunity, although not for everyone. In this authoritative work, Jay Kinsbruner draws on many sources to offer the first history and interpretation in English of the colonial Spanish-American city. After an overview of pre-Columbian cities, he devotes chapters to many important aspects of the colonial city, including its governance and administrative structure, physical form, economy, and social and family life. Kinsbruner's overarching thesis is that the Spanish-American city evolved as a circumstance of trans-Atlantic capitalism. Underpinning this thesis is his view that there were no plebeians in the colonial city. He calls for a class interpretation, with an emphasis on the lower-middle class. His study also explores the active roles of women, many of them heads of households, in the colonial Spanish-American city.

The Basic Outline Of Universology

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Author : Stephen Pearl Andrews
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1872

The Basic Outline Of Universology written by Stephen Pearl Andrews and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1872 with Philosophy categories.

A Practical Treatise On Heat As Applied To The Useful Arts

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Author : Thomas Box
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1900

A Practical Treatise On Heat As Applied To The Useful Arts written by Thomas Box and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1900 with Heat categories.