{"product_id":"gaming-matters-art-science-magic-and-the-computer-game-medium-0817317376","title":"Gaming Matters: Art, Science, Magic, and the Computer Game Medium","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0817317376\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ruggill, Judd Ethan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Gaming Matters, Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister offer a playful and provocative look at the computer game medium, arguing that games are: * Idiosyncratic, and thus difficult to apprehend using the traditional tools of media study* Irreconcilable, or complex to such a degree that developers, players, and scholars have contradictory ways of describing them* Boring, and therefore obligated to constantly make demandson players' attention* Anachronistic, or built on age-old tropes and forms of playwhile ironically bound to the most advanced technologies* Duplicitous, or dependent on truth-telling rhetoric even when they are about fictions, fantasies, or lies* Work, or are often better understood as labor rather than play* Alchemical, despite seeming all-too mechanical or predictableVideo games are now inarguably a major site of worldwide cultural production. In its assessments, Gaming Matters neither flatters game enthusiasts nor emboldens the medium's detractors. Instead, it provides a new set of lenses through which games can be examined, and in the process makes a significant contribution to the foundation of both computer game and new media studies.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68079202926880,"sku":"NEW0817317376","price":39.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/711zT7gclqL.jpg?v=1793497602","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/gaming-matters-art-science-magic-and-the-computer-game-medium-0817317376","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}