Understanding Digital Games

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Understanding Digital Games
1.  Understanding Digital Games by Jason Rutter
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  "A wide ranging and easy to read overview of approaches to understanding games - Shameless self promotion"
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The Business and Culture of Digital Games: Gamework and Gameplay
2.  The Business and Culture of Digital Games: Gamework and Gameplay by Aphra Kerr
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  "Kerr is both rigorous and accessible in her style"
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Handbook of Computer Game Studies
3.  Handbook of Computer Game Studies by Joost Raessens
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  "A broad ranging collection of papers on digital games more theoretically orientated than many collections"
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Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games
4.  Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games by Edward Castronova
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  "Castronova's ideas are often challenging but always interesting"
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Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders: Video Games in the 21st Century
5.  Tomb Raiders and Space Invaders: Video Games in the 21st Century by Geoff King
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  "Actually by Geoff King and Tanya Krzywinska with the subtitle 'Videogame forms & contexts'"
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ScreenPlay: Cinema/videogames/interfaces
6.  ScreenPlay: Cinema/videogames/interfaces by Tanya Krzywinska
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  "Great collection on the film/game links.  The Spectacle of the Deathmatch paper is worth the cost of the book alone ;-)"
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More Than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form
7.  More Than a Game: The Computer Game as Fictional Form by Barry Atkins
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  "More digital games stuff hot off the press from Manchester"
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Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture
8.  Play Between Worlds: Exploring Online Game Culture by Tl Taylor
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Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play
9.  Computer Games: Text, Narrative and Play by Diane Carr
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Chris Crawford on Game Design
10.  Chris Crawford on Game Design by Chris Crawford
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  "Agree with him or not, Chris Crawford is a man with vision."
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The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners
11.  The Game Maker's Apprentice: Game Development for Beginners by Jacob Habgood
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  "A wonderfully presented book with all the info and tools to create your first game"
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Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals
12.  Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals by Katie Salen
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  "A clear and well thought through introduction to what games are made of."
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Digital Play: The Interaction of Technology, Culture and Marketing
13.  Digital Play: The Interaction of Technology, Culture and Marketing by Stephen Kline
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Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames
14.  Trigger Happy: The Inner Life of Videogames by Steven Poole
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  "An easy to read book that covers all the bases. Buy it - it's a bargain."
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Half-Real: Video Games Between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds
15.  Half-Real: Video Games Between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds by Jesper Juul
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Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism
16.  Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism by Ian Bogost
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Postmortems from Game Developer,: Insights from the Developers of "Unreal Tournament" "Black & White" "Age of Empire" and Other Top-selling Games (Gama Network Series)
17.  Postmortems from Game Developer,: Insights from the Developers of "Unreal Tournament" "Black & White" "Age of Empire" and Other Top-selling Games (Gama Network Series) by Austin Grossman
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The Ultimate History of Video Games
18.  The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven L. Kent
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  "An updated version of the well researched Kent's The First Quarter: A 25-Year History of Video Games."
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What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy
19.  What Video Games Have to Teach Us About Learning and Literacy by James Paul Gee
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Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-learning and Other Educational Experiences (Wiley Desktop Editions)
20.  Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in e-learning and Other Educational Experiences (Wiley Desktop Editions) by Clark Aldrich
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  "A recent addition to the games and computer assisted learning field."
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Digital Game-based Learning
21.  Digital Game-based Learning by Marc Prensky
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  "Why am I recommending this? If you are in the least bit interested in games and education you've already got it!"
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Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture
22.  Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture by Johan H. Huizinga
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  "If you're interested in games you'll have to read this at some point so do it now."
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The Medium of the Video Game
23.  The Medium of the Video Game by Mark J. P. Wolf
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  "A little patchy but better than digging out Wolf’s papers individually."
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Revolutionaries at Sony: The Making of the Sony Playstation and the Visionaries Who Conquered the World of Video Games
24.  Revolutionaries at Sony: The Making of the Sony Playstation and the Visionaries Who Conquered the World of Video Games by Reiji Asakura
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  "A fascinating history of how the PlayStation came to be."
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Opening the XBox
25.  Opening the XBox by Dean Takahashi
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  "See the Xbox as part of MS' plan for world domination?"
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