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Gamers : Writers, Artists and Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels by Shanna Compton (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCounterpoint Press
ISBN-101932360573
ISBN-139781932360578
eBay Product ID (ePID)30768166
Product Key Features
Number of Pages280 Pages
Publication NameGamers : Writers, Artists and Programmers on the Pleasures of Pixels
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
SubjectProgramming / Games, Social Aspects / General, Video & Electronic, Social Aspects / Human-Computer Interaction
TypeTextbook
AuthorShanna Compton
Subject AreaComputers, Games & Activities
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight14.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-019899
Dewey Edition22
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal794.8
SynopsisIn "Gamers, " writers, artists, scholars, poets, and programmers talk about what gaming means to them and discuss the growing impact of video games on fashion, fiction, film, and music. Essays feature a glittering mix of topics from the esoteric to the purely entertaining: gender identity in relation to gaming, video golf as a meditative exercise, Ms. Pacman versus The Sims, the similarities between writing fiction and programming, the confessions of a video poker junkie, and much more., No longer just for kids and fanatics, video games have been growing in sophistication and popularity with each passing year and their cultural reach is expanding too - spawning magazines, international conferences, university courses, and blockbuster movies. In Gamers, noted writers, artists, scholars, poets, and programmers talk about what gaming means to them and discuss the growing impact of video games on fashion, fiction, film, and music. Contributors include Richard Powers, Colson Whitehead, Shelley Jackson, Matthew Sharpe, Marc Nesbitt, Daniel Nester, Whitney Pastorek, and Jim Andrews. Essays feature a glittering mix of topics from the esoteric to the purely entertaining: gender identity in relation to gaming, video golf as a meditative exercise, Ms. Pacman versus The Sims, the similarities between writing fiction and programming, the confessions of a video poker junkie, and much more in this witty, wide-screen look at how video games are becoming part of the cultural landscape., In Gamers, writers, artists, scholars, poets, and programmers talk about what gaming means to them and discuss the growing impact of video games on fashion, fiction, film, and music. Essays feature a glittering mix of topics from the esoteric to the purely entertaining: gender identity in relation to gaming, video golf as a meditative exercise, Ms. Pacman versus The Sims, the similarities between writing fiction and programming, the confessions of a video poker junkie, and much more.
LC Classification NumberGV1469.34.S52G37
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