Games Are Not: The Difficult and Definitive Guide to What Games Are
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (618 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1526121654 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-01-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorDavid Myers is Distinguished Professor of Mass Communication at Loyola University New Orleans
David Myers is Distinguished Professor of Mass Communication at Loyola University New Orleans
Interdisciplinary in scope and radical in conclusion, Games are not positions games as unique objects evoking a peculiar and paradoxical liminal state - a lusory attitude that is essential to human creativity, knowledge, and sustenance of the species.. Games are not focuses on games writ large, bound by neither digital form nor by cultural interpretation. How do we reconcile a videogame industry's insistence that games positively affect human beliefs and behaviors with the equally prevalent assumption that games are "just games"? How do we reconcile accusations that games make us violent and antisocial and unproductive with the realization that games are a universal source of human joy?In Game