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Understanding Digital Games

Edited by:

Jason Rutter - University of Manchester, UK
Jo Bryce - University of Central Lancashire, UK

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Communication & Media Studies

April 2006 | 272 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

There are an increasing number of courses on digital games and gaming, following the rise in the popularity of games themselves. Amongst these practical courses, there are now theoretical courses appearing on gaming on media, film, and cultural studies degree programs.

The aim of this book is to satisfy the need for a single accessible textbook which offers a broad introduction to the range of literatures and approaches currently contributing to digital game research.

Each of the chapters outline key theoretical perspectives, theorists, and literatures to demonstrate their relevance to, and use in, the study of digital games.

PART ONE: HISTORY AND PRODUCTION

John Kirriemuir

A History of Digital Games

Aphra Kerr

The Business of Making Digital Games

Alberto Alvisi

The Economics of Digital Games

Jon Sykes

A Player-centred Approach to Digital Game Design

PART TWO: THEORIES AND APPROACHES

Julian K Cklich

Literary Theory and Digital Games

Geoff King and Tanya Krzywinska

Film Studies and Digital Games

Seth Giddings and Helen Kennedy

Digital Games as New Media

Garry Crawford and Jason Rutter

Cultural Studies and Digital Games

Martin Hand and Karenza Moore

Community, Identity and Digital Games

PART THREE: KEY DEBATES

Jo Bryce and Jason Rutter

Digital Games and Gender

Jo Bryce and Jason Rutter

Digital Games and the Violence Debate

Timothy Dumbleton and John Kirriemuir

Digital Games and Education

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Jason Rutter

Jason Rutter is a Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research (MIoIR) where he works primarily in the areas of leisure technologies (especially digital gaming) as well as counterfeiting and piracy of digital content. He has been involved in projects funded by the European Commission, Northern Ireland Office, NESTA, DTI and ESRC and published widely including the books Understanding Digital Games (2006, Sage) and Digital Game Industries (forthcoming, Ashgate) and special editions of Game Studies (2003) and Information, Communication and Society (2003). His recent projects include ‘Hidden Innovation in the Creative... More About Author

Jo Bryce

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