false 50933 1 A video game is half-real: we play by real rules while imagining a fictional world. We win or lose the game in the real world, but we slay a dragon (for example) only in the world of the game. In this thought-provoking study, Jesper Juul examines the constantly evolving tension between rules and fiction in video games. Discussing games from <i>Pong</i> to <i>The Legend of Zelda</i>, from chess to <i>Grand Theft Auto</i>, he shows how video games are both a departure from and a development of traditional non-electronic games. The book combines perspectives from such fields as literary and film theory, computer science, psychology, economic game theory, and game studies, to outline a theory of what video games are, how they work with the player, how they have developed historically, and why they are fun to play.<br /> <br /> Locating video games in a history of games that goes back to Ancient Egypt, Juul argues that there is a basic affinity between games and computers. Just as the printing press and the cinema have promoted and enabled new kinds of storytelling, computers work as enablers of games, letting us play old games in new ways and allowing for new kinds of games that would not have been possible before computers. Juul presents a classic game model, which describes the traditional construction of games and points to possible future developments. He examines how rules provide challenges, learning, and enjoyment for players, and how a game cues the player into imagining its fictional world. Juul's lively style and eclectic deployment of sources will make <i>Half-Real</i> of interest to media, literature, and game scholars as well as to game professionals and gamers. 49721 2 12 2005 Half-Real: Video Games between Real Rules and Fictional Worlds total:15|5:6|4:2|3:6|2:1|1:0| 15 58 32 1 5 0 false false Sat Mar 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Feb 12 05:21:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 21 02:28:30 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 16:44:03 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 16:44:03 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 09 15:24:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 15:24:33 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Jun 28 23:45:42 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 28 23:45:45 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 13:28:03 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 13:28:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 06:04:48 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:04:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 31 14:24:25 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 14:24:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon May 18 19:27:57 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 05:47:20 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 14:22:11 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 14:22:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 09:16:35 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 09:16:35 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 11:39:57 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 09 11:39:57 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 07:20:38 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 07:20:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 10 14:43:22 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 10 14:43:25 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 14:13:55 -0700 2009 Wed Feb 25 14:18:41 -0800 2009 Tue Aug 18 14:13:55 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Feb 18 11:26:08 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 18 11:26:08 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 17:04:42 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:04:42 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Jan 17 14:18:06 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 14:18:06 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Thu Jan 01 11:31:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 01 11:32:04 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sun Nov 23 11:28:56 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 09 10:34:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Sep 22 14:58:50 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 22 14:58:50 -0700 2008