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)

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)

Games are a unique art form. Games work in the medium of agency. Game designers tell us who to be and what to care about during the game. Game designers sculpt alternate agencies, and game players submerge themselves in those alternate agencies. Thus, the fact that we play games demonstrates the fluidity of our own agency. We can throw ourselves, for a little while, into a diff...(展开全部)

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)

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)