Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our
contemporary society? This book explores video game culture, but in doing so, utilizes video …

In the last decade our mobile phones have been infiltrated by angry birds, our computers by
leagues of legends and our social networks by pleas for help down on the farm. As digital …

This accessible textbook gives students the tools they need to analyze games using
strategies borrowed from textual analysis. As the field of game studies grows, videogame …

Game studies is a rapidly develo** field across the world, with a growing number of
dedicated courses addressing video games and digital play as significant phenomena in …

The first systematic, comprehensive reference covering the ideas, genres, and concepts
behind digital media. The study of what is collectively labeled “New Media”—the cultural and …

In this work, we formally build the construct of games as information systems. Starting from
models and definitions that describe them, we present models that show game elements …

How can managers design and manage excellent customer experiences that will develop
long-term relationships with their customers? This book addresses this key question and …

Scientific literacy is more than the simple reproduction of traditional school science
knowledge and requires a set of skills, among them identifying scientific issues, explaining …

As most of game elements are limited within the category of genre and they are preferential
criteria for players to select a game, there have been sustained efforts for game genre …

Game genre is not fixed but constantly transformed as it undergoes a process of change. It
has been classified according to various criteria. Recently, new genre,'battle royale'has …