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OMG I am crushing hard on the book I'm reading today. I just read the history of the emergence of the critical conception of "gameplay" as it occurred in 1980s British magazines and I'm beside myself with wonder and excitement. Soooo good.

dsheinem wrote:OMG I am crushing hard on the book I'm reading today. I just read the history of the emergence of the critical conception of "gameplay" as it occurred in 1980s British magazines and I'm beside myself with wonder and excitement. Soooo good.

What book is this, Dave?

TSTR wrote:

dsheinem wrote:OMG I am crushing hard on the book I'm reading today. I just read the history of the emergence of the critical conception of "gameplay" as it occurred in 1980s British magazines and I'm beside myself with wonder and excitement. Soooo good.

What book is this, Dave?

http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745641102

so, so good...

but probably not for someone who hasn't had graduate coursework in cultural studies, media studies, or 20th Century sociology.

but SO good. I'm underlining almost everything so far

TSTR wrote:

dsheinem wrote:OMG I am crushing hard on the book I'm reading today. I just read the history of the emergence of the critical conception of "gameplay" as it occurred in 1980s British magazines and I'm beside myself with wonder and excitement. Soooo good.

What book is this, Dave?

Probably one he wrote.

Luke wrote:

TSTR wrote:

dsheinem wrote:OMG I am crushing hard on the book I'm reading today. I just read the history of the emergence of the critical conception of "gameplay" as it occurred in 1980s British magazines and I'm beside myself with wonder and excitement. Soooo good.

What book is this, Dave?

Probably one he wrote.

I wish I could wite this well about this stuff in this way, but thus far his is the best of its type I've encountered.

I read a very interesting and engaging book on the history of Interactive Fiction and Text Based games called, "Twisty Little Passages," by Nick Montfort. Being a huge fan of the genre, I found the analytical breakdown of game design of said genre to be really interesting!

BogusMeatFactory wrote:I read a very interesting and engaging book on the history of Interactive Fiction and Text Based games called, "Twisty Little Passages," by Nick Montfort. Being a huge fan of the genre, I found the analytical breakdown of game design of said genre to be really interesting!

Have you read his book with Bogost ("Racing the Beam")? You'll never look at the VCS the same again...

Racing The Beam FTW

BogusMeatFactory wrote:Being a huge fan of the genre, I found the analytical breakdown of game design of said genre to be really interesting!

You've probably already seen it, but if not:

http://www.getlamp.com/

I really enjoyed this documentary at least.

Dave,

Seriously,

Feel free to pm me tips on writing text books that isn't "do your research and pile on as much bullshity (keeping the typo) as possible" has been what most professors have told me.