Half-Real Free

Author: Jesper Juul
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B004M8RRRU

Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds

A video game is half-real: we play by real rules while imagining a
fictional world. Get Half-Real computer books for free.
We win or lose the game in the real world, but we slay a dragon
(for example) only in the world of the game. In this thought-provoking study, Jesper
Juul examines the constantly evolving tension between rules and fiction in video
games. Discussing games from Pong to The Legend of Zelda, from chess to Grand Theft
Auto, he shows how video games are both a departure from and a development of
traditional non-electronic games. The book combines perspectives from such fields as
literary and film theory, computer science, ps Check Half-Real our best computer books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

Half-Real Free

The book combines perspectives from such fields as
literary and film theory, computer science, ps

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