How casual games like Guitar Hero, Bejeweled, and those for Nintendo Wii are expanding the audience for video games.
We used to think that video games were mostly for young men, but with the success of the Nintendo Wii, and the proliferation of games in browsers, cell phone games, and social games video games changed changed fundamentally in the years from 2000 to 2010. These new casual games are now played by men and women, young and old. Players need not possess an intimate knowledge of video game history or devote weeks or months to play. At the same time, many players of casual games show a dedication and skill that is anything but casual. In A Casual Revolution, Jesper Juul describes this as a reinvention of video games, and of our image of video game players, and explores what this tells us about the players, the games, and their interaction.
With this reinvention of video games, the game industry reconnects with a general audience. Many of today's casual game players once enjoyed Pac-Man, Tetris, and other early games, only to drop out when video games became more time-consuming and complex. Juul shows that it is only by understanding what a game requires of players, what players bring to a game, how the game industry works, and how video games have developed historically that we can understand what makes video games fun and why we choose to play (or not to play) them.
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Автор: Howard, Philip N.; Hussain, Muzammil M. Название: Democracy`s Fourth Wave? ISBN: 0199936978 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199936977 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5780.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: In 2011, the international community watched as citizens mobilized through the Internet and digital media to topple three of the world`s most entrenched dictators: Ben Ali in Tunisia, Mubarak in Egypt, and Qaddafi in Libya. This book examines not only the unexpected evolution of events during the Arab Spring, but the longer history of desperate-and creative-digital activism through the Arab world.
Автор: Principe, Lawrence M. Название: Scientific Revolution: A Very Short Introduction ISBN: 0199567417 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199567416 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Lawrence M. Principe takes a fresh approach to the story of the scientific revolution, emphasising the historical context of the society and its world view at the time. From astronomy to alchemy and medicine to geology, he tells this fascinating story from the perspective of the historical characters involved.
Автор: Miller Название: Representing Space in the Scientific Revolution ISBN: 1107624711 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107624719 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5069.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Using an integrated historical and philosophical approach, this book explores the origin of modern physics in Copernicus, Kepler, Galileo, Descartes, Newton, and others. It analyzes representations of space in the scientific revolution, and will be essential reading for scholars and students of the history and philosophy of science.
Автор: Huff Название: Intellectual Curiosity and the Scientific Revolution ISBN: 0521170524 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521170529 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4435.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This study, beginning with the Dutch-invented telescope of 1608 and then Galileo`s discoveries, casts the European advancements in modern science, technology, and economic development into a global framework.
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