Gaming

Essays On Algorithmic Culture

by Alexander R. Galloway
language: english
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press, May of 2006 ‧
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Considers the video game as a distinct cultural form that demands a unique interpretive framework. This book analyzes video games as something to be played rather than as texts to be read, and traces how the "algorithmic culture" created by video games intersects with theories of visuality, realism, allegory, and the avant-garde.

Gaming

Essays On Algorithmic Culture

by Alexander R. Galloway

Property Description
ISBN: 9780816648511
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Release Date: May of 2006
Language: English
Dimensions: 137 x 216 x 10 mm
Cover: Softcover
Pages: 160
Format: Book
Collection: Electronic Mediations
Categories: Books in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
EAN: 9780816648511

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