Computer 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 ...(展开全部)

The authors provide an analysis of computer games as the most popular contemporary form of new media production and consumption, and examine their impact on established frameworks and concepts within cultural and media studies.

Computer 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 ...(展开全部)

“Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python” teaches you computer programming in the Python programming language. Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game and teaches the programming concepts from these examples. “Invent with Python” was written to be understandable by kids as young as 10 to 12 years old, although it is great for anyone of any age who has ...(展开全部)

Al Sweigart 加利福尼亚州旧金山的一名软件开发者。他很喜欢骑自行车、当志愿者、泡咖啡吧以及制作有用的软件。《Making Games with Python & Pygame》是他编写的第二本书。他的另一本书是《Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python》。他生于德克萨斯的休斯顿。他在德克萨斯大学Austin分校读完了计算机科学学位。

Al Sweigart 加利福尼亚州旧金山的一名软件开发者。他很喜欢骑自行车、当志愿者、泡咖啡吧以及制作有用的软件。《Making Games with Python & Pygame》是他编写的第二本书。他的另一本书是《Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python》。他生于德克萨斯的休斯顿。他在德克萨斯大学Austin分校读完了计算机科学学位。

“Invent Your Own Computer Games with Python” teaches you computer programming in the Python programming language. Each chapter gives you the complete source code for a new game and teaches the programming concepts from these examples. “Invent with Python” was written to be understandable by kids as young as 10 to 12 years old, although it is great for anyone of any age who has ...(展开全部)

Over his four-decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the world’s most popular video games, including Sid Meier’s Civilization, which has sold more than 51 million units worldwide and accumulated more than one billion hours of play. Sid Meier’s Memoir! is the story of an obsessive young computer enthusiast who helped launch a multibillion-dollar industry. Writing with war...(展开全部)

Over his four-decade career, Sid Meier has produced some of the world’s most popular video games, including Sid Meier’s Civilization, which has sold more than 51 million units worldwide and accumulated more than one billion hours of play. Sid Meier’s Memoir! is the story of an obsessive young computer enthusiast who helped launch a multibillion-dollar industry. Writing with war...(展开全部)

Many parents worry about the influence of video games on their children's lives. The game console may help to prepare children for participation in the digital world, but at the same time it socializes boys into misogyny and excludes girls from all but the most objectified positions. The new "girls' games" movement has addressed these concerns. Although many people associate vi...(展开全部)