Critical play : radical game design /
Flanagan, Mary, 1969-
Critical play : radical game design / Mary Flanagan. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2009. - vii, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-317) and index.
Introduction to critical play -- Playing house -- Board games -- Language games -- Performative games and objects -- Artists' locative games -- Critical computer games -- Designing for critical play.
Mary Flanagan examines alternative games--games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry--and argues that games designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture.--Publisher's description.
0262062682 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262062688 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008-041726
Art and popular culture.
Games--Design and construction.
Games--Sociological aspects.
GV1230 / .F53 2009
Critical play : radical game design / Mary Flanagan. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2009. - vii, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-317) and index.
Introduction to critical play -- Playing house -- Board games -- Language games -- Performative games and objects -- Artists' locative games -- Critical computer games -- Designing for critical play.
Mary Flanagan examines alternative games--games that challenge the accepted norms embedded within the gaming industry--and argues that games designed by artists and activists are reshaping everyday game culture.--Publisher's description.
0262062682 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780262062688 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008-041726
Art and popular culture.
Games--Design and construction.
Games--Sociological aspects.
GV1230 / .F53 2009