Against Flow: Video Games and the Flowing Subject 9780262362481, 9780262045506

Against Flow: Video Games and the Flowing Subject 9780262045506, 0262045508

A critical discussion of the experience and theory of flow (as conceptualized by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi) in video games

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The Psychology of Video Games 0367493136, 9780367493134

What impact can video games have on us as players? How does psychology influence video game creation? Why do some games

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The History of Video Games 9781526778987, 9781526778994

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Early Modernity and Video Games 9781443862349, 1443862347

We cannot think of modern society without also thinking of video games. And we cannot think of video games without think

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Video Games and the Global South 9780359641390, 9780359641413

Video Games and the Global South redefines games and game culture from south to north, analyzing the cultural impact of

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Video Games as Culture: Considering the Role and Importance of Video Games in Contemporary Society 2017049860, 9781138655102, 9781138655119, 9781315622743

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Intermedia Games—Games Inter Media: Video Games and Intermediality 9781501330490, 9781501330520, 9781501330513

While all media are part of intermedial networks, video games are often at the nexus of that network. They not only empl

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The Art and Business of Acting for Video Games 9798985334210

The video game industry has experienced explosive growth over the past decade, and with that, opportunities have increas

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Gaming the System: Deconstructing Video Games, Games Studies, and Virtual Worlds 2018006657, 2018012742, 9780253035738, 9780253035721, 9780253035714

Gaming the System takes philosophical traditions out of the ivory tower and into the virtual worlds of video games. In t

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Understanding Counterplay in Video Games 9781317618805

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