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Codename Revolution - The Nintendo Wii Platform (Hardcover)
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Codename Revolution - The Nintendo Wii Platform (Hardcover)
Series: Codename Revolution
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Nintendo's hugely popular and influential video game console system
considered as technological device and social phenomenon. The
Nintendo Wii, introduced in 2006, helped usher in a moment of
retro-reinvention in video game play. This hugely popular console
system, codenamed Revolution during development, signaled a turn
away from fully immersive, time-consuming MMORPGs or forty-hour FPS
games and back toward family fun in the living room. Players using
the wireless motion-sensitive controller (the Wii Remote, or
"Wiimote") play with their whole bodies, waving, swinging, swaying.
The mimetic interface shifts attention from what's on the screen to
what's happening in physical space. This book describes the Wii's
impact in technological, social, and cultural terms, examining the
Wii as a system of interrelated hardware and software that was
consciously designed to promote social play in physical space. Each
chapter of Codename Revolution focuses on a major component of the
Wii as a platform: the console itself, designed to be low-powered
and nimble; the iconic Wii Remote; Wii Fit Plus, and its
controller, the Wii Balance Board; the Wii Channels interface and
Nintendo's distribution system; and the Wii as a social platform
that not only affords multiplayer options but also encourages
social interaction in shared physical space. Finally, the authors
connect the Wii's revolution in mimetic interface gaming-which
eventually led to the release of Sony's Move and Microsoft's
Kinect-to some of the economic and technological conditions that
influence the possibility of making something new in this arena of
computing and culture.
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