Games / Game Design / Game Studies: An Introduction

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PROLOG
	Playing, Making, Thinking Games
		Playing—Games
		Making Games—Game Design
		Thinking Games—Game Studies
		Acknowledgments
I. GAMES
	Introduction
	1. What is a Game? Systematic and Historical Approaches
		Attempts at Systematic Definitions
		Failure of Systematic Definitions
		Historical Definition: The Alterity of Digital Games
	2. Games in the Modern Era. A Short Media History
		Games
		Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Mediality
		Case Study: Soccer—A Game’s Journey Through Medialities
		Quaternary Mediality: From Spectator to Player
	3. Procedural Turn (since the 1950s)
		Quadruplicate Origin of Digital Games
		Digital Technology
		Artificial Intelligence
		Flight Simulation
		Virtualization of Analog Games
		Playful Use of Digital Technology
		Procedurality
	4. Hyperepic Turn (since the 1970s)
		Game Economics
		From Mainframe and Arcade Games to Console and PC Games
		The Innovative Genre of Text-Adventures
		The Evolution of Audiovisual Storytelling
		The Hyperepic
	5. Hyperrealistic Turn (since the 1990s)
		Digital Technology
		From the Model of the Novel to the Model of the Film
		Hyperrealism
		Authenticity and Operativity
		The Innovative Genre of the First-Person Shooter
	6. The Double Alterity of Digital Games
		The Evolution of Games into an Audiovisual Medium
		Digital Games vs. Analog Games and Linear Audiovisions
		The Defining Medium of Digital Culture
	7. A Look Ahead: Hyperimmersive Turn?
		The Evolution of Digital Games
		Lifelike Agency in Games
		Utopia Holodeck
		Gamelike Agency in Real Life
		Potential for Hyperimmersive Turn
INTERMEZZO: GAME // FILM
	Introduction
	1. Game and Film
		Competition
		Collaboration
		Convergence
	2. Audiovisual Rivalries
		Media History
		Media Theory
	3. Modes of Audiovisual Storytelling
		Storytelling in Space and Time
		Pre-Industrial Audiovisions: Theater
		Industrial Audiovisions: Film and Television
		Digital Audiovisions: Games
		Complementarity
		Summary: The Four Cs
II. GAME DESIGN
	Introduction
	1. Analog Design
		The Evolution of Industrial Design Practices
		The Evolution of Industrial Design Thinking
	2. Digital Design
		The Digitalization of Design Practice
		The Digitalization of Design Thinking
	3. A Short History of Game Design
		The First 40 Years
		Present and Future
	4. Areas of Game Design
		The Role of the Game Designer
		Triad, Tetrad, and the Function of Narration
	5. Practices of Game Design
		The Process of Game Development
		The Principle of Worldbuilding
		Authorship in Game Design
		Don\'t Follow These Rules! A Primer for Playtesting
III. GAME STUDIES
	Introduction
	1. Theories of Analog Games vs. Theories of Digital Games
		Pre-Industrial Theories of Playing and Games
		Industrial Theories of Playing and Games
	2. The Schisms of Game Studies
		Sedimentative Approaches: Game Design Theories
		Exaptative. Approaches 1: Theories from Social Sciences
		Exaptative. Approaches 2: Theories from the Humanities
	3. Desideratum: Overcoming the Schisms
		Longing for Synthesis
		Adaptative Approaches
	4. Perspectives of Research 1: Digital Games
		Mechanics
		Story
		Aesthetics
		Technology
		Transmedia
	5. Perspectives of Research 2: Serious Games
		Mechanics, Story, Aesthetics, Technology, Transmedia
		Gamification
		Opposition to Industrialism
EPILOG
	Academization and Aesthetic Production
		The Cultural Rise of Games
		Game Studies and Digital Game Design Education in Germany
		International Higher Game Design Education: Six Examples from Five Countries
		Structure of an Undergraduate Program for Game Design
		Consequences of Academization
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