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Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools (Playful Thinking)

Stefan Werning

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Description:An argument that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium.In Making Games, Stefan Werning considers the role of tools (primarily but not exclusively software), their design affordances, and the role they play as sociotechnical actors. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies, Werning argues that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. He frames game-making as a (meta)game in itself and shows that tools, like games, have their own procedural rhetoric and should not always be conceived simply in terms of optimization and best practices.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools (Playful Thinking). To get started finding Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools (Playful Thinking), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: An argument that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium.In Making Games, Stefan Werning considers the role of tools (primarily but not exclusively software), their design affordances, and the role they play as sociotechnical actors. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies, Werning argues that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. He frames game-making as a (meta)game in itself and shows that tools, like games, have their own procedural rhetoric and should not always be conceived simply in terms of optimization and best practices.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools (Playful Thinking). To get started finding Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools (Playful Thinking), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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