The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies [Paperback]

TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS 1. Artifact (Olli Sotamaa) 2. Artificial Intelligence (Robin Johnson) 3. Controllers (Sheila C. Murphy & Leflo?c-Lebel) 4. Emulation (Simon Dor) 5. Interface (Vincent Mauger) 6. Platforms (Bobby Schweizer) 7. Preservation (Judd Ruggill & Ken McAllister) 8. Resolution (Mark J. P. Wolf) INDUSTRIAL ASPECTS 9. Digital Distribution (Ashley P. Jones) 10. Free-to-Play (Jean Paul Simon) 11. Economy (Aphra Kerr) 12. Game Labor (Bjarke Liboriussen) 13. Globalization (Minako OHagan) 14. Indie Games (Paolo Ruffino) 15. Triple-A Games (Brendan Keogh) FORMAL ASPECTS 16. Art and Aesthetics (Grant Tavinor) 17. Augmented, Mixed, and Virtual Reality (Lei Chen) 18. Color (Simon Nidenthal) 19. Conventions (Bernard Perron) 20. Design (Richard Rouse III) 21. Dimensionality (John Sharp) 22. Levels (Martin Picard) 23. Perspective (John Sharp) 24. Sound (Mark Grimshaw-Aagaard) 25. Worlds (Mark J. P. Wolf) PLAYFULNESS ASPECTS 26. Casualness (Julia G. Raz) 27. Challenge (Robert Furze) 28. Cheating (Mia Consalvo) 29. Competition / Co-operation (Emma Witkowski) 30. Conflict (Marko Siitonen) 31. Interactivity (Lori Landay) 32. Ludology (Espen Aarseth) 33. Objectives (Louis-Martin Guay) 34. Players / Gamers (Fr?d?rique Cl?ment) 35. Repetition (Christopher Hanson) 36. Single-player / Multiplayer (Daniel Joseph & Lee Knuttila) GENERIC ASPECTS 37. Action (Dominic Arsenault) 38. Adventure (Clara Fernandez-Vara) 39. eSports (Zhouxiang Lu) 40. Role-playing (Andrew Burn) 41. Shooting (Gerald Voorhees) 42. Simulation (Seth Giddings) 43. Sports Games (Andrew Baerg) 44. Strategy (Simon Dor) CULTURAL ASPECTS 45. Convergence (Robert Alan Brookey & Charles Ecenbarger) 46. Culture (Frans M?yr?) 47. Cut-scenes (Rune Kelvjer) 48. Death (Karin Wenz) 49. Education (Rick Ferdig & Enrico Gandolfi) 50. Media Ecology (Kevin SlÓ!