The Video Game Theory Reader 2 (Paperback)

Acknowledgments Foreword Tim Skelly Introduction Bernard Perron and Mark J. P. Wolf The Essays: 1. Gaming Literacy: Game Design as a Model for Literacy in the 21st Century Eric Zimmerman 2. Philosophical Game Design Lars Konzack 3. The Video Game Aesthetic: Play as Form David Myers 4. Embodiment and InterfaceAndreas Gregersen and Torben Grodal 5. Understanding Video Games as Emotional Experiences Aki Jarvinen 6. In the Frame of the Magic Cycle: The Circle(s) of Gameplay Dominic Arsenault and Bernard Perron 7. Understanding Digital Playability Sebastien Genvo 8. Z-axis Development in the Video Game Mark J. P. Wolf 9. Retro Reflexivity: La-Mulana, an 8-Bit Period Piece Brett Camper 10. "This is Intelligent Television": Early Video Games & Television in the Emergence of the Personal Computer Sheila C. Murphy 11. Too Many Cooks: Media Convergence and Self-Defeating Adaptations Trevor Elkington12. Fear of Failing? The Many Meanings of Difficulty in Video Games Jesper Juul 13. Between Theory and Practice: The GAMBIT Experience Clara Fernandez-Vara, Neal Grigsby, Eitan Glinert, Philip Tan, and Henry Jenkins 14. Synthetic Worlds as Experimental Instruments Edward Castronova, Mark W. Bell, Robert Cornell, James J. Cummings, Matthew Falk, Travis Ross, Sarah B. Robbins and Alida Field 15. Lag, Language, & Lingo: Theorizing Noise in Online Game Spaces Mia Consalvo 16. Getting into the Game: Doing Multi-Disciplinary Game Studies Frans Mayra Appendix: Video Games Through Theories and Disciplines Works Cited About the Contributors