Rules of play : game design fundamentals /

Salen, Katie.

Rules of play : game design fundamentals / Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT, c2004. - xv, 672 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 608-619) and index.

Video and computer games have become as much a genre of pop culture as film or television, but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In 'Rules of Play' Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman offer an impassioned defense and definition of this emerging field.

Specialized.

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Computer games--Design.
Computer games--Design--Philosophy.
Computer games--Programming.

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