Dungeons, dragons, and digital denizens : the digital role-playing game /: the digital role-playing game. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Gerald Voorhees, Josh Call and Katie Whitlock.
• Other Names: Voorhees, Gerald; Call, Josh; Whitlock, Katie
• Contents: Acknowledgements Series Introduction - Genre and Disciplinarity in the Study of Games Gerald Voorhees, Josh Call and Katie Whitlock Introduction - From Dungeons to Digital Denizens Josh Call, Katie Whitlock and Gerald Voorhees Section One - Game Master Eco-Performance in the Digital RPG Gamescape Adele H. Bealer The Pathways of Time: Temporality and Procedures in MMORPGs Joshua Abboud Game and Narrative in Dragon Age: Origins: Playing the Archive in Digital RPGs Alice Henton When Language Goes Bad: The Localization's Effect on the Gameplay of Japanese RPGs Douglas Schules The Lord of the Rings Online: Issues in the Adaptation of MMORPGs Neil Randall and Kathleen Murphy Section Two - In-Character Traumatic Origins: Memory, Crisis and Identity in Digital RPGs Katie Whitlock Risky Business: Neoliberal Rationality and the Computer RPG Andrew Baerg Postcards from the Other Side: Interactive Revelation in Post-Apocalyptic RPGs Zachary McDowell Constructing a Powerful Identity in World of Warcraft: A Sociolinguistic Approach to MMORPGs Benjamin E. Friedline and Lauren B. Collister In the Blood of Dragon Age: Origins: Metaphor and Identity in Digital RPGs Karen Zook Epic Style: Re-compositional Performance in the Bioware Digital RPG Roger Travis Section Three - Out-of-Character Neoliberal Multiculturalism in Mass Effect: The Government of Difference in Digital RPGs Gerald Voorhees 'Simply Fighting to Preserve Their Way of Life': Multiculturalism in World of Warcraft Christopher Douglas From Meaning to Experience: Teaching Fiction Writing with Digital RPGs Trent Hergenrader Gaming the Meta: Metagame Culture and Player Motivation in RPGs Josh Call The Generalization of Configurable Being: From RPGs to Facebook Chuk Moran About the Contributors.
• Publisher Details: New York : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource (392 pages)
• Subjects: 793.93; Fantasy games; Electronic games; Role playing; Games
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441138927; 1441138927
• Related ISBNs: 9781441191892
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