Games without Frontiers

Games without Frontiers is a cornerstone in
multi-disciplinary game studies, drawing from study
of art, psychology, systems theory, aesthetics, and
communication studies. The author introduces a set of
concepts, categorizations, and analysis methods for
study and design of games. The book also offers a
comprehensive perspective to psychological nature of
play with discussions on goals, human abilities, and
emotions. Games without Frontiers covers games of all
kinds: it is based on an empirical sample of over 100
games, which includes computer and video games, board
games, card games, and television game shows.

Games without Frontiers is essential reading for
game scholars, teachers, and students interested in
analyzing games from psychological, aesthetic, and
design perspectives.

-- "Remarkable and ambitious piece of work. -
Professor James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin,
Author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About
Learning and Literacy --
"Hugely ambitious work, which puts a stake in
the ground for game studies." - Jesper Juul, Ph.D.,
Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab, Author of Half-Real:
Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds.

Autorentext

teaches and researches game design at the IT University of
Copenhagen, Denmark, and works as a game and interaction design
consultant through his company, mygamestudies.com. Games without
Frontiers is the author's doctoral dissertation, based on his
work on academic research and commercial game development since

1998. Author Photo by Katri Lehtola.

      Klappentext

      Games without Frontiers is a cornerstone in
      multi-disciplinary game studies, drawing from study
      of art, psychology, systems theory, aesthetics, and
      communication studies. The author introduces a set of
      concepts, categorizations, and analysis methods for
      study and design of games. The book also offers a
      comprehensive perspective to psychological nature of
      play with discussions on goals, human abilities, and
      emotions. Games without Frontiers covers games of all
      kinds: it is based on an empirical sample of over 100
      games, which includes computer and video games, board
      games, card games, and television game shows.

      Games without Frontiers is essential reading for
      game scholars, teachers, and students interested in
      analyzing games from psychological, aesthetic, and
      design perspectives.

      -- "Remarkable and ambitious piece of work." -
      Professor James Paul Gee, University of Wisconsin,
      Author of What Video Games Have to Teach Us About
      Learning and Literacy --
      "Hugely ambitious work, which puts a stake in
      the ground for game studies." - Jesper Juul, Ph.D.,
      Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab, Author of Half-Real:
      Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds.