Metagaming Playing, Competing, Spectating, Cheating, Trading, Making, and Breaking Videogames |
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| Author:
| Boluk, Stephanie
LeMieux, Patrick |
| Series title: | Electronic Mediations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-8716-9 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2017 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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The greatest trick the videogame industry ever pulled was convincing the world that videogames were games rather than a medium for making metagames. Elegantly defined as games about games, metagames implicate a diverse range of practices that stray outside the boundaries and bend the rules: from technical glitches and forbidden strategies to Renais
The greatest trick the videogame industry ever pulled was convincing the world that videogames were games rather than a medium for making metagames. Elegantly defined as games about games, metagames implicate a diverse range of practices that stray outside the boundaries and bend the rules: from technical glitches and forbidden strategies to Renais