More than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form

More than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form Barry Atkins
Taking its cue from practices of reading texts in literary and cultural studies, this book considers the computer game as a new and emerging mode of contemporary storytelling. In a carefully organized study, Barry Atkins discusses questions of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: Tomb Raider, Half-Life, Close Combat and SimCity. This is a work for both the student of contemporary culture and those game-players who are interested in how computer games tell their stories. Categories:
Computers – PC & Video Games
Year:
2003
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
17 177
ISBN 10:
0719063647
ISBN 13:
9780719063640
File:
45 MB