Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools

Werning, Stefan

ISBN 10: 0262044838 / ISBN 13: 9780262044837

Verlag: Mit Pr, 2021

158 pages. 8.25x5.25x0.10 inches. In Stock. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 0262044838

Inhaltsangabe:

An argument that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium.

In Making Games, Stefan Werning considers the role of tools (primarily but not exclusively software), their design affordances, and the role they play as sociotechnical actors. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies, Werning argues that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. He frames game-making as a (meta)game in itself and shows that tools, like games, have their own "procedural rhetoric" and should not always be conceived simply in terms of optimization and best practices.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Stefan Werning is Associate Professor for Digital Media and Game Studies at Utrecht University. He has worked in the digital games industry, most notably at Codemasters and Nintendo of Europe.

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Titel: Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of ...
Verlag: Mit Pr
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Brand New