The number of publications dealing with video game studies has exploded over the course of the last decade, but the field has produced few comprehensive reference works. The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies, compiled by well-known video game scholars Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, aims to address the ongoing theoretical and methodological development of game studies, providing students, scholars, and game designers with a definitive look at contemporary video game studies.
Features include:
Each essay provides a lively and succinct summary of its target area, quickly bringing the reader up-to-date on the pertinent issues surrounding each aspect of the field, including references for further reading. Together, they provide an overview of the present state of game studies that will undoubtedly prove invaluable to student, scholar, and designer alike.
| ISBN: | 9781138657052 |
| Publication date: | 14th April 2016 |
| Author: | Mark J P Wolf, Bernard Perron |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 544 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Companions |
| Genres: |
The arts: general topics Popular culture Media studies Sociology Digital animation Games development and programming History |
The number of publications dealing with video game studies has exploded over the course of the last decade, but the field has produced few comprehensive reference works. The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies, compiled by well-known video game scholars Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, aims to address the ongoing theoretical and methodological development of game studies, providing students, scholars, and game designers with a definitive look at contemporary video game studies.
Features include:
Each essay provides a lively and succinct summary of its target area, quickly bringing the reader up-to-date on the pertinent issues surrounding each aspect of the field, including references for further reading. Together, they provide an overview of the present state of game studies that will undoubtedly prove invaluable to student, scholar, and designer alike.
The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies features in the following genres: The arts: general topics, Popular culture, Media studies, Sociology, Digital animation, Games development and programming, History
The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies was written by Mark J P Wolf, Bernard Perron and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies has 544 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Companions series