Computer Games and New Media Cultures: A Handbook of Digital Games Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Computer Games and Digital Game Cultures: An Introduction....Pages 1-28
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
The Mediality of Computer Games....Pages 31-46
Computer Games as a Comparative Medium: A Few Cautionary Remarks....Pages 47-59
“And What Do You Play?”: A Few Considerations Concerning a Genre Theory of Games....Pages 61-74
Interface Analysis: Notes on the “Scopic Regime” of Strategic Action in Real-Time Strategy Games....Pages 75-91
Computer Games as Works of Art....Pages 93-106
A Theory of Non-existent Video Games: Semiotic and Video Game Theory....Pages 107-124
Free Market Economy and Dino Crisis : The Production and Circulation of Knowledge in Strategy Games....Pages 125-142
The Strange Case of the Misappearance of Sex in Video Games....Pages 143-160
Growing Game Worlds....Pages 161-172
Virtual Worlds: Game or Virtual Society?....Pages 173-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
MMO Morality....Pages 193-208
Inside and Outside the Game....Pages 209-217
Egoshooting in Chernobyl: Identity and Subject(s) in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Games....Pages 219-231
Personality Development Through Immersion into Intermediate Areas of Digital Role-Playing Games....Pages 233-247
Symbolic Interaction in Digital Games: Theoretical Reflections on Dimensions of Meaning Construction in Digital Gameplay....Pages 249-263
Playing by the Visual Rules: An Ecological Approach to Perception and Video Games....Pages 265-278
The Effect of Authentic Input Devices on Computer Game Immersion....Pages 279-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Digital Games in the Context of Adolescent Media Behavior....Pages 295-315
Online Games: Modern Media Worlds of Young People....Pages 317-328
Front Matter....Pages 293-293
Playing Together: The Player’s Repertoire, an Obstacle to Learning....Pages 329-342
The Right Game: Video Game Choice of Children and Adolescents....Pages 343-356
The Challenge of Measuring the Use of Computer Games....Pages 357-369
A Critical Interpretation of a New “Creative Industry” in Turkey: Game Studios and the Production of a Value Chain....Pages 371-391
Front Matter....Pages 393-393
Mergence of Spaces: MMORPG User-Practice and Everyday Life....Pages 395-409
Interpretation, Conflict and Instruction in Online Multiplayer Games: Lessons from Warsong Gulch....Pages 411-424
‘Pity There’s So Few Girls!’ Attitudes to Female Participation in a Swedish Gaming Context....Pages 425-441
The Gender-Offensive: Female Gaming Cultures Between Shooters and Marketing....Pages 443-463
Playing Computer Games as Social Interaction: An Analysis of LAN Parties....Pages 465-476
Playing Computer Games as Electronic Sport: In Search of a Theoretical Framework for a New Research Field....Pages 477-490
Machinima Filmmaking as Culture in Practice: Dialogical Processes of Remix....Pages 491-507
Modding as Part of Game Culture....Pages 509-523
Digital Game Culture(s) as Prototype(s) of Mediatization and Commercialization of Society: The World Cyber Games 2008 in Cologne as an Example....Pages 525-540
Front Matter....Pages 541-541
Social Interactions in Virtual Worlds: Patterns and Profiles of Tween Relationship Play....Pages 543-555
The Instructional Design and Motivational Mechanisms of World of Warcraft ....Pages 557-569
Learning Through Play – A Delicate Matter: Experience-Based Recursive Learning in Computer Games....Pages 571-584
Learning Instruments: Baroque Music Gets Game....Pages 585-602
Using Simulations as a Starting Point for Constructing Meaningful Learning Games....Pages 603-617
School-Related Computer Game Pedagogy: Core Subjects and Tasks....Pages 619-632
Learning to Play: Video Game Literacy in the Classroom....Pages 633-646
Front Matter....Pages 541-541
Digital Games and Media Education in the Classroom: Exploring Concepts, Practices, and Constraints....Pages 647-663
Why a Game Canon for Game Studies Education Is Wrong....Pages 665-677
Back Matter....Pages 679-710