More than a game : the computer game as fictional form Export

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TY - BOOK ID - citeulike:1090467 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1090467 N2 - {<div>Taking its cue from practices of reading texts in literary and cultural studies, this book considers the computer game as a new and emerging mode of contemporary storytelling. In a carefully organized study, Barry Atkins discusses questions of narrative and realism in four of the most significant games of the last decade: <i>Tomb Raider, Half-Life, Close Combat </i>and <i>SimCity</i>. This is a work for both the student of contemporary culture and those game-players who are interested in how computer games tell their stories.<br></div>} SN - 0719063655 TI - More than a game : the computer game as fictional form PB - Manchester University Press KW - aesthetics KW - atkins KW - english KW - fiction KW - games KW - literary AU - Atkins, Barry PY - 2003/09/06/ UR - http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/redirect?tag=citeulike09-20&amp;path=ASIN/0719063655 ER -