Unit Operations : An Approach to Videogame Criticism.
Bogost, Ian.
Unit Operations : An Approach to Videogame Criticism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (260 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I From Systems to Units -- 1 Unit Operations -- 2 Structuralism and Computation -- 3 Humanism and Object Technology -- II Procedural Criticism -- 4 Comparative Videogame Criticism -- 5 Videogames and Expression -- 6 Encounters across Platforms -- III Procedural Subjectivity -- 7 Cellular Automata and Simulation -- 8 An Alternative to Fun -- 9 The Simulation Gap -- IV From Design to Configuration -- 10 Complex Networks -- 11 Complex Worlds -- 12 Critical Networks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780262268929
Video games-Design.
Video games-Philosophy.
Video games-Sociological aspects.
Electronic books.
QA76.76.C672B65 2006
320.40835
Unit Operations : An Approach to Videogame Criticism. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (260 pages) - The MIT Press Series . - The MIT Press Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I From Systems to Units -- 1 Unit Operations -- 2 Structuralism and Computation -- 3 Humanism and Object Technology -- II Procedural Criticism -- 4 Comparative Videogame Criticism -- 5 Videogames and Expression -- 6 Encounters across Platforms -- III Procedural Subjectivity -- 7 Cellular Automata and Simulation -- 8 An Alternative to Fun -- 9 The Simulation Gap -- IV From Design to Configuration -- 10 Complex Networks -- 11 Complex Worlds -- 12 Critical Networks -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
9780262268929
Video games-Design.
Video games-Philosophy.
Video games-Sociological aspects.
Electronic books.
QA76.76.C672B65 2006
320.40835