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Werning, Stefan

 
9780262044837: Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools
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ISBN 10 : 0262044838 ISBN 13 : 9780262044837
Editeur : The MIT Press, 2021

Synopsis

An argument that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium.

In Making Games, Stefan Werning considers the role of tools (primarily but not exclusively software), their design affordances, and the role they play as sociotechnical actors. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies, Werning argues that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. He frames game-making as a (meta)game in itself and shows that tools, like games, have their own "procedural rhetoric" and should not always be conceived simply in terms of optimization and best practices.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stefan Werning is Associate Professor for Digital Media and Game Studies at Utrecht University. He has worked in the digital games industry, most notably at Codemasters and Nintendo of Europe.

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Éditeur
The MIT Press
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262044838
ISBN 13 
9780262044837
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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