Game Studies

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Fun, Taste, & Games

Fun, Taste, & Games

Transgression in Games and Play

Transgression in Games and Play

Gaming the Iron Curtain

Gaming the Iron Curtain

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out, Tenth Anniversary Edition

Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out, Tenth Anniversary Edition

How Games Move Us

How Games Move Us

The Media Snatcher

The Media Snatcher

Handmade Pixels

Handmade Pixels

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The Elusive Shift

How Role-Playing Games Forged Their Identity, in Theory and Practice
Jon Peterson 2020
- Hardcover $35.00 £28.00
How Pac-Man Eats
Noah Wardrip-Fruin 2020
- Hardcover $35.00 £28.00
Appendix N

The Weird Literary Roots Of Roleplaying Games
Peter Bebergal 2020
- Paperback $19.95 £15.99
Grimdark

A Very British Hell
Tim Linward 2020
- Paperback $24.95 £20.00
Who Are You?

Nintendo's Game Boy Advance Platform
Alex Custodio 2020
- Hardcover $29.95 £25.00
U Mad?

Free-To-Play, Mobile Video Games, Bias, and Norms
Christopher A. Paul 2020
- Paperback $30.00 £25.00
Peer Pedagogies on Digital Platforms

Learning with Minecraft Let's Play Videos
Michael Dezuanni 2020
- Paperback $35.00 £28.00
Ambient Play
Larissa Hjorth and Ingrid Richardson 2020
- Hardcover $21.95 £17.99
Elements of Game Design
Robert Zubek 2020
- Hardcover $30.00 £25.00
Play like a Feminist.
Shira Chess 2020
- Hardcover $26.95 £22.00
The Infinite Playground

A Player's Guide to Imagination
Bernard De Koven, Celia Pearce, and Eric Zimmerman 2020
- Hardcover $29.95 £25.00
States of Childhood

From the Junior Republic to the American Republic, 1895-1945
Jennifer S. Light 2020
- Paperback $40.00 £32.00