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The Aesthetic of Play.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: The MIT Press SeriesPublisher: Cambridge : MIT Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (335 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780262324205
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Aesthetic of PlayDDC classification:
  • 793.01
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Games -- 1 Defining Play -- 2 Interactivity -- 3 Play Spaces -- 4 Heuristics -- 5 Anticipation -- 6 Mastery -- II Minds -- 7 Understanding -- 8 Epistemology -- 9 Neurons -- 10 Signs -- III Stories -- 11 Playing without Winning -- 12 Performance -- 13 Narrative Play -- 14 Narrative Structure -- 15 Play and Meaning -- 16 Critical Play -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: A game designer considers the experience of play, why games have rules, and the relationship of play and narrative.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I Games -- 1 Defining Play -- 2 Interactivity -- 3 Play Spaces -- 4 Heuristics -- 5 Anticipation -- 6 Mastery -- II Minds -- 7 Understanding -- 8 Epistemology -- 9 Neurons -- 10 Signs -- III Stories -- 11 Playing without Winning -- 12 Performance -- 13 Narrative Play -- 14 Narrative Structure -- 15 Play and Meaning -- 16 Critical Play -- Bibliography -- Index.

A game designer considers the experience of play, why games have rules, and the relationship of play and narrative.

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