{"product_id":"computer-games-text-narrative-and-play-9780745634012","title":"Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Diane Carr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Polity Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Video \u0026amp; Mobile\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComputer games are one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving media of our time. Revenues from console and computer games have now overtaken those from Hollywood movies; and online gaming is one of the fastest-growing areas of the internet. Games are no longer just kids' stuff: the majority of players are now adults, and the market is constantly broadening. The visual style of games has become increasingly sophisticated, and the complexities of game-play are ever more challenging. Meanwhile, the iconography and generic forms of games are increasingly influencing a whole range of other media, from films and television to books and toys.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a systematic, comprehensive introduction to the analysis of computer and video games. It introduces key concepts and approaches drawn from literary, film and media theory in an accessible and concrete manner; and it tests their use and relevance by applying them to a small but representative selection of role-playing and action-adventure games. It combines methods of textual analysis and audience research, showing how the combination of such methods can give a more complete picture of these playable texts and the fan cultures they generate. Clearly written and engaging, it will be a key text for students in the field and for all those with an interest in taking games seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45201664966807,"sku":"9780745634012","price":2958.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780745634012.webp?v=1767307494","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/computer-games-text-narrative-and-play-9780745634012","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}