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Guns, Grenades, and Grunts - First-Person Shooter Games (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R5,289
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Guns, Grenades, and Grunts - First-Person Shooter Games (Hardcover, New): Gerald A. Voorhees, Joshua Call, Katie Whitlock

Guns, Grenades, and Grunts - First-Person Shooter Games (Hardcover, New)

Gerald A. Voorhees, Joshua Call, Katie Whitlock

Series: Approaches to Digital Game Studies

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Known for their visibility and tendency to generate controversy, first-person shooter (FPS) games are cultural icons and powder-kegs in American society. Contributors will examine a range of FPS games such as the Doom, Half-Life, System Shock, Deus Ex, Halo, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises. By applying and enriching a broad range of perspectives, this volume will address the cultural relevance and place of the genre in game studies, game theory and the cultures of game players.

Guns, Grenades, and Grunts gathers scholars from all disciplines to bring the weight of contemporary social theory and media criticism to bear on the public controversy and intellectual investigation of first-person shooter games. As a genre, FPS games have helped shepherd the game industry from the early days of shareware distribution and underground gaming clans to contemporary multimillion dollar production budgets, Hollywood-style launches, downloadable content and worldwide professional gaming leagues. The FPS has been and will continue to be a staple of the game market.

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Imprint: Bloomsbury Continuum
Country of origin: United States
Series: Approaches to Digital Game Studies
Release date: October 2012
First published: August 2012
Editors: Gerald A. Voorhees • Joshua Call • Katie Whitlock
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 448
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-1-4411-4224-5
Languages: English
Subtitles: English
Categories: Books > Computing & IT > Computer software packages > Computer games
Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > Popular culture
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Leisure
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LSN: 1-4411-4224-X
Barcode: 9781441142245

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