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Good introduction to the academic study of video games, but getting dated,
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This review is from: Videogames (Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications) (Paperback)
This is a nice introduction to video games primarily from a critical/cultural perspective, though some attention is given to research in psychology. The book would be suitable for an advanced undergraduate seminar and perhaps a graduate course (with supplemental materials) or for someone who is interested in video games. Probably the biggest problem with the book is that it is getting old - the landscape in video gaming is changing so fast that it is impossible for a book to keep up to date. There are several new journals out that are must reads for the serious scholar of video gaming, but I think it is difficult to the lay audience to keep up on what is going on in video games because things are changing so fast. Probably the best feature of this volume is that it does provide a nice fairly concise introduction to the history of video games.
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Videogames (Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications) by James Newman (Paperback - March 14, 2004)
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