Game Studies

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The Aesthetic of Play

The Aesthetic of Play

Elements of Game Design

Elements of Game Design

Play like a Feminist.

Play like a Feminist.

How Pac-Man Eats

How Pac-Man Eats

States of Childhood

States of Childhood

Handbook of Game-Based Learning

Handbook of Game-Based Learning

Achievement Relocked

Achievement Relocked

Fun, Taste, & Games

Fun, Taste, & Games

Transgression in Games and Play

Transgression in Games and Play

Gaming the Iron Curtain

Gaming the Iron Curtain

How Games Move Us

How Games Move Us

Handmade Pixels

Handmade Pixels

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Treacherous Play
Marcus Carter 2022
- Hardcover $25.00
Making Games for Impact
Kurt Squire 2021
- Paperback $30.00
Game Wizards

The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons
Jon Peterson 2021
- Paperback $29.95
A Playful Production Process

For Game Designers (and Everyone)
Richard Lemarchand 2021
- Hardcover $45.00
Homebrew Gaming and the Beginnings of Vernacular Digitality
Melanie Swalwell 2021
- Hardcover $35.00
Image Objects

An Archaeology of Computer Graphics
Jacob Gaboury 2021
- Hardcover $35.00
Urban Play

Make-Believe, Technology, and Space
Fábio Duarte and Ricardo Álvarez 2021
- Paperback $30.00
Grimdark

A Very British Hell
Tim Linward 2021
- Paperback $24.95
Against Flow

Video Games and the Flowing Subject
Braxton Soderman 2021
- Hardcover $40.00
Appendix N

The Eldritch Roots of Dungeons and Dragons
Peter Bebergal 2021
- Paperback $19.95
Making Games

The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools
Stefan Werning 2021
- Hardcover $25.00
The Elusive Shift

How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity
Jon Peterson 2020
- Hardcover $35.00