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Finnish Video Games
In the past three decades Finland's video game industry has become the backbone of Finnish cultural export. Angry Birds and Clash of Clans are dominating sales around the world and the small Nordic nation has become a gaming superpower. Drawing on more than 60 interviews, this book covers the Finnish video game phenomenon as told by the people behind its success. The history of the industry is documented in detail for the first time. Two hundred game reviews are included, presenting the best (and worst) of commercial video games made in Finland.
Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent
Videogames in the Indian Subcontinent: Development, Culture(s) and Representations explores the gaming culture of one of the most culturally diverse and populous regions of the world-the Indian subcontinent. Building on the author's earlier work on videogame culture in India, this book addresses issues of how discussions of equality and diversity sit within videogame studies, particularly in connection with the subcontinent, thereby presenting pioneering research on the videogame cultures of the region. Drawing on a series of player and developer interviews and surveys conducted over the last five years, including some recent ones, this book provides a sense of how games have become a part o...
Too Much Fun
The surprising history of the Commodore 64, the best-selling home computer of the 1980s—the machine that taught the world that computing should be fun. The Commodore 64 (C64) is officially the best-selling desktop computer model of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. It was also, from 1985 to 1993, the platform for which most video games were made. But while it sold at least twice as many units as other home computers of its time, like the Apple II, ZX Spectrum, or Commodore Amiga, it is strangely forgotten in many computer histories. In Too Much Fun, Jesper Juul argues that the C64 was so popular because it was so versatile, a machine developers and users would rein...
Independent Videogames
Independent Videogames investigates the social and cultural implications of contemporary forms of independent video game development. Through a series of case studies and theoretical investigations, it evaluates the significance of such a multi-faceted phenomenon within video game and digital cultures. A diverse team of scholars highlight the specificities of independence within the industry and the culture of digital gaming through case studies and theoretical questions. The chapters focus on labor, gender, distribution models and technologies of production to map the current state of research on independent game development. The authors also identify how the boundaries of independence are ...
Digital Game-based Learning in der Bildungspraxis
Digital Game-based Learning eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten des eigenständigen, multimedialen Lernens. In verschiedenen Bildungsbereichen werden daher bereits seit vielen Jahren entsprechende Konzepte entwickelt und erprobt, um etwa die intrinsische Motivation der Lernenden zu fördern oder komplexe Fähigkeiten, Fertigkeiten sowie Kenntnisse auf anschauliche und interaktive Weise zu vermitteln. Das Spektrum der digitalen Lernformate reicht von Serious Games für die politische Bildungsarbeit bis hin zu VR-Simulationen im Kontext der beruflichen Aus- und Weiterbildung. Der Sammelband bietet einen vielschichtigen Einblick in die aktuellen Diskurse zum Digital Game-based Learning. Aus der Perspektive unterschiedlicher Fachrichtungen werden die Herausforderungen digitaler Lehr-Lern-Designs kritisch reflektiert und anhand von Praxisbeispielen konkrete Anwendungsmöglichkeiten und Potenziale aufgezeigt.
Sääty-ylioppilaasta ensimmäisen polven sivistyneistöön
Résumé en anglais: The formation of social and political mentality among Finnish students of theology in 1853-1918.
