Play Redux - The Form of Computer Games (Paperback)

This title presents a new look at digital gaming and the aesthetics of play. ""Play Redux"" is an ambitious description and critical analysis of the aesthetic pleasures of video game play, drawing on early 20th-century formalist theory and models of literature. Employing a concept of biological naturalism grounded in cognitive theory, Myers argues for a clear delineation between the aesthetics of play and the aesthetics of texts. In the course of this study, Myers asks a number of interesting questions: what are the mechanics of human play as exhibited in computer games; can these mechanisms be modeled; and, what is the evolutionary function of cognitive play, and is it, on the whole, a good thing. Intended as a provocative corrective to the currently ascendant, if not dominant, cultural and ethnographic approach to game studies and play, ""Play Redux"" will generate interest among scholars of communications, new media, and film.

General

Imprint:	The University of Michigan Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2010
First published:	April 2010
Dimensions:	154 x 231 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	232
ISBN-13:	978-0-472-05092-5
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Media studies Books > Sport & Leisure > Hobbies, quizzes & games > Indoor games > General Promotions
LSN:	0-472-05092-3
Barcode:	9780472050925

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