Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames - Couverture souple

Poole, Steven

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1841151211 ISBN 13 : 9781841151212

Editeur : Fourth Estate Ltd, 2001

Synopsis

A ground-breaking account of the cultural history and impact of videogames, from Pong and Space Invaders to Tomb Raider and Tekken. Videogames are here to stay. It is now more than a quarter of a century since the appearance of the first commercially available videogame, Pong. Now the profits on blockbuster games are measured in terms of the first weekend's millions, like those of mass-market films. Sony estimates that nearly 1 in 5 UK households has a Playstation; worldwide sales of its console have topped 30 million. Videogame design is now the subject of accredited BSc degrees at universities. The market domination by British based videogame companies is one of the success stories of the decade. Yet videogames are still seen as a compromised art-form, derivative at best, actively harmful at worst. In "Trigger Happy", Steven Poole asks the question: If this is an artform, what kind of an artform is it? Where did it come from, and where is it going?

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Steven Poole was born in London in 1972, and read English at Cambridge. He writes for the Guardian, the Independent and the Times Literary Supplement, and has also worked as a composer for television and short film. In his spare time he saves the planet from alien invasion and plays chess.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Fourth Estate Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1841151211
• ISBN 13: 9781841151212
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible