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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... it's good " quality , but this hack attempt at drama is just so bad it's appalling . If it's supposed to be like a film in this way , it's a film you wouldn't ever want to see . However , what Silent Hill does successfully breed from its ...
... it's good " quality , but this hack attempt at drama is just so bad it's appalling . If it's supposed to be like a film in this way , it's a film you wouldn't ever want to see . However , what Silent Hill does successfully breed from its ...
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... its kind . The shallow , primary- color fable about a gameplaying wunderkind beamed into cyberspace to do battle with an evil programmer was based around live - action interpretations of existing videogame formats ( most notably the ...
... its kind . The shallow , primary- color fable about a gameplaying wunderkind beamed into cyberspace to do battle with an evil programmer was based around live - action interpretations of existing videogame formats ( most notably the ...
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Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution Steven Poole. that that's going to open up ? It's going to give you a depth of field that's so huge it's just like opening up a whole new door into gaming . Games are gonna have great depth ...
Videogames and the Entertainment Revolution Steven Poole. that that's going to open up ? It's going to give you a depth of field that's so huge it's just like opening up a whole new door into gaming . Games are gonna have great depth ...
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