More Than a Game Atkins Barry
More Than a Game Atkins Barry The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. Contains detailed discussion of…
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More Than a Game Atkins Barry
The first academic work dedicated to the study of computer games in terms of the stories they tell and the manner of their telling. 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'. 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.
Recognises the excitement and pleasure that has made the computer game such a massive global