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Game Production Studies

Author : Olli Sotamaa
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789463725439
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book Game Production Studies written by Olli Sotamaa and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Production as a major factor of video game culture Media research often revolves around the triumvirate of texts, audiences, and industries as its main focal points. Writing in 2017, Aphra Kerr, the leading expert on video game industry, noted that video game production is an understudied area both in game studies and in media studies more broadly, especially when compared to how much has been written games and players. This edited collection aims to address this research gap by zooming in on particular issues connected to labor, development, publishing, and monetization and catch up on other areas of research, such as screen studies, which started paying attention to production decades ago. 2. A contextualized treatment of video game production As the first collection to exclusively focus on video game production, Game Production Studies offers a unique package of 16 chapters, which explore major themes of labor, development, publishing, and monetization. Building upon the rich foundations of production studies, the collection combines various methodological approaches in order to analyze the cultural practices of video game production. Altogether, it tackles a wide range of issues and topics and aspires to provide the go-to resource for anyone interested in video game production. 3. Timely case studies from across the world This edited collection brings together 16 all-new essays based on empirical research carried out in recent years across the world. Our contributors present case studies from Canada, China, Finland, France, Germany, Poland, and the US among other countries. Considering how fast the video game production networks are evolving, the collection provides both timely discussion of new trends and phenomena such as boutique publishers, in-game monetization regulation, or game jam natives and also historical probes into particular industries, which address the wider socio-historical context of these changes.

An Introduction to Game Studies

Author : Frans Mäyrä
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473902924
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Game Studies written by Frans Mäyrä and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2008-02-18 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Game Studies is the first introductory textbook for students of game studies. It provides a conceptual overview of the cultural, social and economic significance of computer and video games and traces the history of game culture and the emergence of game studies as a field of research. Key concepts and theories are illustrated with discussion of games taken from different historical phases of game culture. Progressing from the simple, yet engaging gameplay of Pong and text-based adventure games to the complex virtual worlds of contemporary online games, the book guides students towards analytical appreciation and critical engagement with gaming and game studies. Students will learn to: - Understand and analyse different aspects of phenomena we recognise as ′game′ and play′ - Identify the key developments in digital game design through discussion of action in games of the 1970s, fiction and adventure in games of the 1980s, three-dimensionality in games of the 1990s, and social aspects of gameplay in contemporary online games - Understand games as dynamic systems of meaning-making - Interpret the context of games as ′culture′ and subculture - Analyse the relationship between technology and interactivity and between ′game′ and ′reality′ - Situate games within the context of digital culture and the information society With further reading suggestions, images, exercises, online resources and a whole chapter devoted to preparing students to do their own game studies project, An Introduction to Game Studies is the complete toolkit for all students pursuing the study of games. The companion website at www.sagepub.co.uk/mayra contains slides and assignments that are suitable for self-study as well as for classroom use. Students will also benefit from online resources at www.gamestudiesbook.net, which will be regularly blogged and updated by the author. Professor Frans Mäyrä is a Professor of Games Studies and Digital Culture at the Hypermedia Laboratory in the University of Tampere, Finland.

Catalogue of Accessioned Publications

Author : World Data Center A--Oceanography
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Catalogue of Accessioned Publications written by World Data Center A--Oceanography and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Waterbirds Around the World

Author : G. C. Boere
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 0114973334
Total Pages : 836 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (149 download)

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Download or read book Waterbirds Around the World written by G. C. Boere and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006 with total page 836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the outcome of a major international conference on waterbirds held in Edinburgh in April 2004.

Finnish Video Games

Author : Juho Kuorikoski
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786499621
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Finnish Video Games written by Juho Kuorikoski and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past three decades Finland's video game industry has become the backbone of Finnish cultural export. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic nation has become a gaming superpower. Drawing on more than 60 interviews, this book covers the Finnish video game phenomenon as told by the people behind its success. The history of the industry is documented in detail for the first time. Two hundred game reviews are included, presenting the best (and worst) of commercial video games made in Finland.

Wildlife Research

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 108 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Wildlife Research written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Division of Wildlife Research fulfills the broad authorit given to the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife for research on an array of bird and mammal species -- resident and migratory, game and nongame, beneficial and harmful.

Game Research Methods: An Overview

Author : Patri Lankoski
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1312884738
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (128 download)

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Book Synopsis Game Research Methods: An Overview by : Patri Lankoski

Download or read book Game Research Methods: An Overview written by Patri Lankoski and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2015 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Games are increasingly becoming the focus for research due to their cultural and economic impact on modern society. However, there are many different types of approaches and methods than can be applied to understanding games or those that play games. This book provides an introduction to various game research methods that are useful to students in all levels of higher education covering both quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods. In addition, approaches using game development for research is described. Each method is described in its own chapter by a researcher with practical experience of applying the method to topic of games. Through this, the book provides an overview of research methods that enable us to better our understanding on games."--Provided by publisher.

Developer's Dilemma

Author : Casey O'Donnell
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262028190
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Developer's Dilemma written by Casey O'Donnell and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2014-11-21 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of work—including the organization of work and the market forces that surround it—through the lens of the collaborative practice of game development. Rank-and-file game developers bring videogames from concept to product, and yet their work is almost invisible, hidden behind the famous names of publishers, executives, or console manufacturers. In this book, Casey O’Donnell examines the creative collaborative practice of typical game developers. His investigation of why game developers work the way they do sheds light on our understanding of work, the organization of work, and the market forces that shape (and are shaped by) media industries. O’Donnell shows that the ability to play with the underlying systems—technical, conceptual, and social—is at the core of creative and collaborative practice, which is central to the New Economy. When access to underlying systems is undermined, so too is creative collaborative process. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in game studios in the United States and India, O’Donnell stakes out new territory empirically, conceptually, and methodologically. Mimicking the structure of videogames, the book is divided into worlds, within which are levels; and each world ends with a boss fight, a “rant” about lessons learned and tools mastered. O’Donnell describes the process of videogame development from pre-production through production, considering such aspects as experimental systems, “socially mandatory” overtime, and the perpetual startup machine that exhausts young, initially enthusiastic workers. He links work practice to broader systems of publishing, manufacturing, and distribution; introduces the concept of a privileged “actor-intra-internetwork”; and describes patent and copyright enforcement by industry and the state.

Finnish Innovations and Technologies in Schools

Author : Hannele Niemi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 9462097496
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Finnish Innovations and Technologies in Schools written by Hannele Niemi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book combines several perspectives on the steps the Finnish educational system has taken to provide students with the skills and competences needed for living in today’s society and in the future. The ecosystem is used as a metaphor for the educational system. The Finnish system aims to achieve sustainable education by ensuring that the system is simultaneously interconnected and open to transformations. The book describes how a flexible curriculum system is succeeding without the pressures of high-stake testing. It also illustrates how the ongoing curriculum reform of the basic education is working. The book brings together knowledge gained in schools through the cooperation of researchers, teachers, school principals, the public sector, and private companies. The book presents case studies of technology integration aimed at crossing boundaries in formal and informal learning settings, locally and globally. The contributors address 21st-century needs and requirements through learner-driven knowledge creation, collaboration, networking, and digital literacies. It opens new scenarios of how to apply digital storytelling and games connecting fun, motivation, and learning. The strong message is that, through collaboration and networking, we can create an educational ecosystem that supports different learners.

Violence | Perception | Video Games

Author : Federico Alvarez Igarzábal
Publisher : transcript Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3839450519
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Violence | Perception | Video Games written by Federico Alvarez Igarzábal and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2019-11-30 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume compiles papers from the Young Academics Workshop at the Clash of Realities conferences of 2017 and 2018. The 2017 workshop - Perceiving Video Games - explored the video game medium by focusing on perception and meaning-making processes. The 2018 workshop - Reframing the Violence and Video Games Debate - transcended misleading claims that link video games and violent behavior by offering a range of fresh topical perspectives. From BA students to postdoctoral researchers, the young academics of this anthology stem from a spectrum of backgrounds, including game studies, game design, and phenomenology. This volume also features an entry by renowned psychologist Christopher J. Ferguson.

Wildlife Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 920 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Wildlife Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 920 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of the Seventeenth Session of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission, Lugano, Switzerland, 19-26 May 1992

Author : European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251033104
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (331 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Seventeenth Session of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission, Lugano, Switzerland, 19-26 May 1992 written by European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 1992 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

European Ungulates and Their Management in the 21st Century

Author : Marco Apollonio
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521760615
Total Pages : 619 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)

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Book Synopsis European Ungulates and Their Management in the 21st Century by : Marco Apollonio

Download or read book European Ungulates and Their Management in the 21st Century written by Marco Apollonio and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 619 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first book to summarise management objectives for ungulates across Europe.

Swans: Their Biology and Natural History

Author : Paul Johnsgard
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 160962081X
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (96 download)

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Download or read book Swans: Their Biology and Natural History written by Paul Johnsgard and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-02-25 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The seven species of swans are an easily and universally recognized group of waterfowl, which have historically played important roles in the folklore, myths and legends in many cultures. Among the largest of all flying birds, they have been used as symbols of royalty, grace and beauty, and largely for these reasons swans have only rarely been considered acceptable as targets for sport hunting. Swans occur on all continents but Africa, though most species are found in the temperate and arctic zones of North America and Eurasia. Swans are a long-lived species and are among the most strongly monogamous of birds, having prolonged pair and family bonds that influence their flocking and social behavior, and contribute to the overall high degree of human interest in them. This volume describes their distributions, ecology, social behavior, and breeding biology. Included are nine distribution maps, 19 drawings, 23 photographs by the author, and a bibliography of nearly 700 references.

Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1975

Author : National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1392 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1975 written by National Agricultural Library (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 1392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1974

Author : National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1352 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Serials Currently Received by the National Agricultural Library, 1974 written by National Agricultural Library (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 1352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Report of the Symposium on Fisheries and Society

Author :
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN 13 : 9789251044858
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (448 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Symposium on Fisheries and Society written by and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2000 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Symposium demonstrated that the value of the inland fisheries resources in member countries of EIFAC considerably exceeds previous estimates. Indications are that in coming years there will be an increased demand for inland fishery products including especially recreational use. Inland fisheries resources will not be able to sustain increased levels of production and alternative use without careful management.