Trigger Happy: Videogames and the Entertainment RevolutionThe Edge calls "Trigger Happy" a "seminal piece of work". For the first time ever, an aficionado with a knowledge of art, culture, and a real love of gaming takes a critical look at the future of our videogames, and compares their aesthetic and economic impact on society to that of film. Thirty years after the invention of the simplest of games, more videogames are played by adults than children. This revolutionary book is the first-ever academically worthy and deeply engaging critique of one of today's most popular forms of play: videogames are on track to supersede movies as the most innovative form of entertainment in the new century. |
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Page 7
... Lara Croft , the pistol - toting , ponytailed , hotpants - and - shades - wearing digital star of a revolution- ary 1996 game , Tomb Raider . Much has been written about her . She has been on the cover of The Face and the subject of ...
... Lara Croft , the pistol - toting , ponytailed , hotpants - and - shades - wearing digital star of a revolution- ary 1996 game , Tomb Raider . Much has been written about her . She has been on the cover of The Face and the subject of ...
Page 133
... Croft is constantly moving , swooping , creeping up behind her and giddily soaring above , even diving below the pu- tative floor level . We are spying on Lara ... Lara's movements . You assume it's an enemy , and try to shoot while dodging ...
... Croft is constantly moving , swooping , creeping up behind her and giddily soaring above , even diving below the pu- tative floor level . We are spying on Lara ... Lara's movements . You assume it's an enemy , and try to shoot while dodging ...
Page 153
... Lara Croft is an ab- straction , an animated conglomeration of sexual and attitudinal signs ( breasts , hotpants , shades , thigh holsters ) whose very blankness en- courages the ( male or female ) player's psychological projection and ...
... Lara Croft is an ab- straction , an animated conglomeration of sexual and attitudinal signs ( breasts , hotpants , shades , thigh holsters ) whose very blankness en- courages the ( male or female ) player's psychological projection and ...
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