TY  - BOOK
AU  - Consalvo,Mia
TI  - Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Videogames
T2  - The MIT Press Series
SN  - 9780262270748
AV  - GV1469.34.C67C66 200 
U1  - 794.8 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Cheating at video games
KW  - Video games industry -- Corrupt practices
KW  - Video games -- Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction TO CHEAT OR NOT TO CHEAT: IS THAT EVEN THE QUESTION? -- Part I A Cultural History of Cheating in Games -- 1 CREATING THE MARKET: EASTER EGGS AND SECRET AGENTS -- 2 GUIDANCE GOES INDEPENDENT: THE RISE OF STRATEGY GUIDE PUBLISHERS -- 3 GENIES, SHARKS, AND CHIPS: THE TECHNOLOGICAL SIDE TO CHEATING -- Part II Game Players -- 4 GAINING ADVANTAGE: HOW VIDEOGAME PLAYERS DEFINE AND NEGOTIATE CHEATING -- 5 THE CHEATERS -- 6 BUSTING PUNKS AND POLICING PLAYERS: THE ANTICHEATING INDUSTRY -- 7 A MAGE'S CHRONICLE: CHEATING AND LIFE IN VANA'DIEL -- Part III Capital and Game Ethics -- 8 CAPITALIZING ON PARATEXTS: GAMEPLAY, ETHICS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE -- Notes -- References -- Index
N2  - A cultural history of digital gameplay that investigates a wide range of player behavior, including cheating, and its relationship to the game industry
UR  - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3338705
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