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The zombie renaissance in popular culture

by Manning, Paul, Leaning, Marcus, Hubner, Laura

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This collection addresses the significant cultural phenomenon of the 'zombie renaissance' - the growing importance of zombie texts and zombie cultural practices in popular culture. The chapters examine zombie culture across a range of media and practices including films games, m…

Games, learning, and society: learning and meaning in the digital age

by Steinkuehler, Constance, Squire, Kurt, Barab, Sasha A.

fromLearning in Doing

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"This volume is the first reader on video games and learning of its kind. Covering game design, game culture and games as twenty-first-century pedagogy, it demonstrates the depth and breadth of scholarship on games and learning to date. The chapters represent some of the most in…

The Routledge companion to video game studies

by Perron, Bernard, Wolf, Mark J. P.

fromRoutledge Companions

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"The number of publications dealing with video game studies has exploded over the course of the last decade, but the field has not yet produced a comprehensive reference work. The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies, by well-known video game scholars Mark Wolf and Bernard …

A composer's guide to game music

by Phillips, Winifred

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"Music in video games is often a sophisticated, complex composition that serves to engage the player, set the pace of play, and aid interactivity. Composers of video game music must master an array of specialized skills not taught in the conservatory, including the creation of l…

A composer's guide to game music

by Phillips, Winifred

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This book provides a comprehensive, practical guide that leads an aspiring video game composer from acquiring the necessary creative skills to understanding the function of music in games to finding work in the field. Phillips offers detailed coverage of essential topics, includ…

Keys to play: music as a ludic medium from Apollo to Nintendo

by Moseley, Roger

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"How do keyboards make music playable? Drawing on theories of media, systems, and cultural techniques, Keys to play spans Greek myth and contemporary Japanese digital games to chart an archaeology of musical play and its animation via improvisation, performance, and recreation. …

Emotions, technology, and social media

fromEmotions and technology

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"Emotions, Technology, and Social Media discusses the ways the social media sphere uses emotion and technology, and how each of these has become part of the digital culture. The book explores this expression within a psychological theoretical framework, addressing feelings about…

The craft and science of game design: a video game designer's manual

by O'Connor, Phil

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"The Craft and Science of Game Design: A Video Game Designer's Manual goes into the nuts and bolts of video game development from the perspective of a veteran designer with more than 20 years of experience in the industry. It covers the psychology and biology of why people play …