Videogames by James Newman PAPERBACK 9780415669160

Videogames\nby James Newman\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 14\u201315 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: James Newman\nTitle: Videogames\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: History\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd\nPublication year: 2012\nEdition: 2\nISBN-13: 9780415669160\nISBN-10: 0415669162\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nIn the few decades since they first blipped their way onto television screens, videogames have become one of the most culturally, socially and economically significant media forms. Newman's volume considers how we might approach videogames as media texts to be read, experiences to be played and played with, systems and simulations to be decoded and interrogated, and performances to be captured, codified and preserved. \nThe updated sec.