دانلود کتاب Well Played 1.0: Video Games, Value and Meaning

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Preface......Page 2
Table of Contents......Page 3
Introduction......Page 5
Ico: Creating an Emotional Connection with a Pixelated Damsel......Page 6
Everything I Know About Game Design I Learned from Super Mario Bros.......Page 15
Advance Wars......Page 40
Descending into the Abyss: A Storyteller explores the narrative accomplishments of Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss.......Page 57
Bully......Page 69
Half-Life 2: Being Gordon Freeman......Page 83
Europa Universalis......Page 113
Extensions of Interactive Fiction to the Social Sphere: Zork to the Kingdom of Loathing......Page 128
Persistence meets performance: Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney......Page 145
Losing Your Grip: Futility and Dramatic Necessity in Shadow of the Colossus......Page 159
Civilization 4......Page 177
Parappa the Rapper (or, how I learned to love Rodney Alan Greenblat and Masaya Matsuura)......Page 196
Portal of Ivory, Passage of Horn......Page 207
Staring Into The Abyss – A Close Reading of Silent Hill 2......Page 219
Ludonarrative Dissonance in Bioshock: The problem of what the game is about......Page 240
Playing Metal Gear Solid 4 Well: Being a Good Snake*......Page 246
A private correspondence to David Theurer, written by H. P. Lovecraft, 12th January 1919 from the Tempest......Page 258
I’m Holding Out for a (Guitar) Hero......Page 271
Each Link in the Chain is a Journey: An Analysis of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time......Page 274
The Secret of Monkey Island: Playing Between Cultures......Page 307
I <3 Mines of Minos......Page 327
From Experiment Gameplay to the Wonderful World of Goo, and How Physics is Your Friend......Page 334
Author Biographies......Page 368
References......Page 375