Name: More Than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form (in English)
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Author: Barry Atkins
ISBN: 9780719063657

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Physical Book

Publisher

Manchester University Press

Author

Barry Atkins

Year

2003

Language

English

Pages

176

Format

Paperback

ISBN

0719063655

ISBN13

9780719063657

Synopsis "More Than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form (in English)"

The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. Applies practices of reading texts from literary and cultural studies to consider the computer game as an emerging mode of contemporary storytelling in an accessible, readable manner. Contains detailed discussion of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: 'Tomb Raider', 'Half-Life', 'Close Combat' and 'Sim City'. Recognises the excitement and pleasure that has made the computer game such a massive global phenomenon. -- .

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