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 Well-Played Game

A Player's Philosophy
Bernard De Koven 2013
- Hardcover $29.95 £25.00
Uncertainty in Games
Greg Costikyan 2013
- Hardcover $25.00 £20.00
- Paperback $14.95 £11.99
Stealth Assessment

Measuring and Supporting Learning in Video Games
Valerie Shute and Matthew Ventura 2013
- Paperback $4.75 £3.99
The Art of Failure

An Essay on the Pain of Playing Video Games
Jesper Juul 2013
- Hardcover $21.95 £17.99
- Paperback $17.95 £14.99
Playing with Sound

A Theory of Interacting with Sound and Music in Video Games
Karen Collins 2013
- Hardcover $40.00 £32.00
Characteristics of Games
George Skaff Elias, Richard Garfield, and K. Robert Gutschera 2012
- Hardcover $50.00 £40.00
The Future Was Here

The Commodore Amiga
Jimmy Maher 2012
- Hardcover $30.95 £25.00
- Paperback $24.95 £20.00
Raising the Stakes

E-Sports and the Professionalization of Computer Gaming
T. L. Taylor 2012
- Hardcover $29.95 £25.00
- Paperback $17.95 £14.99
Inter/vention

Free Play in the Age of Electracy
Jan Rune Holmevik 2012
- Hardcover $19.75 £15.99
Codename Revolution

The Nintendo Wii Platform
Steven E. Jones and George K. Thiruvathukal 2012
- Hardcover $9.75 £7.99
The Machinima Reader
Henry Lowood and Michael Nitsche 2011
- Hardcover $19.75 £15.99
In-Game

From Immersion to Incorporation
Gordon Calleja 2011
- Hardcover $35.00 £28.00