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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Transgressing Play: Video games and gaming studies at the MIT Press

Friday, 15 February, 2019

Tomb Raider Tree in Angkor Wat, Krong Siem Reap, Cambodia

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Does Lara Croft Wear Fake Polygons? Gender and Gender-Role Subversion in Computer Adventure Games

Thursday, 12 April, 2018

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Short Circuits

Crafting e-Puppets with DIY Electronics
Kylie Peppler, Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Melissa Gresalfi, and Rafi Santo 2014
- Hardcover $35.00 £27.00
Play Matters
Miguel Sicart 2014
- Hardcover $20.95 £16.95
- Paperback $15.95 £12.99
Values at Play in Digital Games
Mary Flanagan and Helen Nissenbaum 2014
- Hardcover $30.00 £24.00
- Paperback $20.00 £14.99
Virtual Economies

Design and Analysis
Vili Lehdonvirta and Edward Castronova 2014
- Hardcover $50.00 £41.95
- Paperback $40.00 £30.00
Avant-garde Videogames

Playing with Technoculture
Brian Schrank 2014
- Hardcover $40.00 £30.00
Literary Gaming
Astrid Ensslin 2014
- Hardcover $35.00 £27.00
Making Democracy Fun

How Game Design Can Empower Citizens and Transform Politics
Josh A. Lerner 2014
- Hardcover $31.95 £25.00
A Composer's Guide to Game Music
Winifred Phillips 2014
- Hardcover $33.95 £27.95
- Paperback $24.95 £20.00
Game After

A Cultural Study of Video Game Afterlife
Raiford Guins 2014
- Hardcover $40.00 £30.00
- Paperback $35.00 £27.00
Gameworld Interfaces
Kristine Jørgensen 2013
- Hardcover $35.00 £27.00
Connected Play

Tweens in a Virtual World
Yasmin B. Kafai and Deborah A. Fields 2013
- Hardcover $30.00 £24.00
Beyond Choices

The Design of Ethical Gameplay
Miguel Sicart 2013
- Hardcover $35.00 £27.00
- Paperback $30.00 £24.00