In the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames
have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms …

Style matters. Television relies on style—setting, lighting, videography, editing, and so on—
to set moods, hail viewers, construct meanings, build narratives, sell products, and shape …

Now in its second edition, the Encyclopedia of Video Games: The Culture, Technology, and
Art of Gaming is the definitive, go-to resource for anyone interested in the diverse and …

In Movie Magic: The Story of Special Effects in the Cinema (1974), John Brosnan went
behind the scenes of feature filmmaking to interview some of the special makeup artists …

To state that scary video games—or games that have commonly been labeled “survival
horror”—are the video game genre par excellence has become, for me, a sort of jingle used …

Video games challenge our notions of identity, creativity, and moral value, and provide a
powerful new avenue for teaching and learning. This book is a rich and provocative guide to …

The subject matter of this article emerged in part out of research for the author's thesis
project and first game patch, Madame Polly, a “first-person shooter gender hack.” Since the …

Video games are virtual worlds, each with its own, distinctive spatiality. This paper suggests
that there are two interrelated conceptual dimensions to the study of video games. First …

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Of the content areas discussed in this volume, social change presents a special challenge
for theorists and for game designers. Social change, in contrast to learning and …