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GTA Simulation Theory: Transcending Reality with Rockstar Games

Author : Daniel D. Lee

Publisher : SkyCuration Publication

Page : 154 pages

File Size : 10,85 MB

Release : 2024-08-06

Category : Fiction

ISBN :

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GTA Simulation Theory: Transcending Reality with Rockstar Games by Daniel D. Lee offers a deep dive into the groundbreaking world of Grand Theft Auto, exploring how Rockstar Games has redefined the boundaries between virtual and real life. This comprehensive analysis traverses the origins of the iconic series, the evolution of open-world gaming, and the profound cultural impact of GTA. Daniel D. Lee, through meticulous research and expert insight, uncovers the design philosophies and narrative techniques that have made GTA a revolutionary force in the gaming industry. From the early controversies and triumphs of the first release to the complex storytelling and immersive environments of the latest titles, this book provides a rich exploration of GTA's multifaceted universe. Readers will gain an understanding of the technology behind the game, including AI advancements, VR potential, and the detailed realism of GTA's virtual cities. The book also delves into the ethical considerations of game design, the psychology of gaming, and the economic impact of one of the most successful franchises in history. With a detailed examination of the series' influence on popular culture, music, and cinema, GTA Simulation Theory is a must-read for gamers, industry professionals, and anyone interested in the intersection of technology, storytelling, and cultural phenomena. Published by SkyCuration, this book is an essential addition to the library of every GTA enthusiast and gaming scholar.



Digital Literature and Critical Theory

Author : Annika Elstermann

Publisher : Taylor & Francis

Page : 188 pages

File Size : 29,5 MB

Release : 2022-12-27

Category : Literary Criticism

ISBN : 100082649X

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The aim at the core of this book is a synthesis of increasingly popular and culturally significant forms of digital literature on the one hand, and established literary and critical theory on the other: reading digital texts through the lens of canonical theory, but also reading this more traditional theory through the lens of digital texts and related media. In a field which has often regarded the digital as apart from traditional literature and theory, this book highlights continuities in order to analyse digital literature as part of a longer literary tradition. Using examples from social media to video games and works particularly by postmodern and poststructuralist theorists, Digital Literature and Critical Theory contextualises digital forms among their analogue precursors and traces ongoing social developments which find expression in these cultural phenomena, including power dynamics between authors and readers, the individual in (post-)modernity, consumerism, and the potential for intersubjective exchange. Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.



Extra Lives

Author : Tom Bissell

Publisher : Vintage

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 44,71 MB

Release : 2011-06-14

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0307474313

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In Extra Lives, acclaimed writer and life-long video game enthusiast Tom Bissell takes the reader on an insightful and entertaining tour of the art and meaning of video games. In just a few decades, video games have grown increasingly complex and sophisticated, and the companies that produce them are now among the most profitable in the entertainment industry. Yet few outside this world have thought deeply about how these games work, why they are so appealing, and what they are capable of artistically. Blending memoir, criticism, and first-rate reportage, Extra Lives is a milestone work about what might be the dominant popular art form of our time.



Gamer Theory

Author : McKenzie Wark

Publisher : Harvard University Press

Page : 241 pages

File Size : 26,69 MB

Release : 2009-06-30

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0674044835

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Ever get the feeling that life's a game with changing rules and no clear sides? Welcome to gamespace, the world in which we live. Where others argue obsessively over violence in games, Wark contends that digital computer games are our society's emergent cultural form, a utopian version of the world as it is. Gamer Theory uncovers the significance of games in the gap between the near-perfection of actual games and the imperfect gamespace of everyday life in the rat race of free-market society.



The Routledge Companion to Literature and Science

Author : Bruce Clarke

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 569 pages

File Size : 42,21 MB

Release : 2010-09-13

Category : Fiction

ISBN : 1136950435

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Pt. 1. Literatures and sciences -- pt. 2. Disciplinary and theoretical approaches -- pt. 3. Periods and cultures.



Players Unleashed!

Author : Tanja Sihvonen

Publisher : Amsterdam University Press

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 26,49 MB

Release : 2012

Category : Games & Activities

ISBN : 9048511984

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A compelling examination of the practice and implications of modding as they apply to the best-selling computer game The Sims.



Computer Games as a Sociocultural Phenomenon

Author : A. Jahn-Sudmann

Publisher : Springer

Page : 242 pages

File Size : 36,80 MB

Release : 2008-01-17

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 023058330X

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Internationally renowned media and literature scholars, social scientists, game designers and artists explore the cultural potential of computer games in this rich anthology, which introduces the latest approaches in the central fields of game studies and provides an extensive survey of contemporary game culture.



Possible Worlds in Video Games: From Classic Narrative to Meaningful Actions

Author : Antonio José Planells de la Maza

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 17,39 MB

Release : 2017-11-21

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 1387386425

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In current digital games, classic fictional worlds are transformed into ludofictional worlds, spaces rich in characters and emotions that are especially affected by the intervention of a player. In this book, we propose a model, inspired by the Semantics of Fiction and Possible Worlds, which is oriented to the analysis of video games as integrated systems.



Gamescenes

Author : Matteo Bittanti

Publisher : Johan & Levi Editore

Page : 468 pages

File Size : 45,9 MB

Release : 2006

Category : Art

ISBN :

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Illustrates artistic expressions made with an emphasis on videogames. Text in English and Italian.



Gaming Rhythms

Author : Tom Apperley

Publisher : Lulu.com

Page : 169 pages

File Size : 47,48 MB

Release : 2011-06-16

Category : Computers

ISBN : 908160211X

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"Global gaming networks are heterogenous collectives of localized practices, not unified commercial products. Shifting the analysis of digital games to local specificities that build and perform the global and general, Gaming Rhythms employs ethnographic work conducted in Venezuela and Australia to account for the material experiences of actual game players. This book explores the materiality of digital play across diverse locations and argues that the dynamic relation between the everyday life of the player and the experience of digital game play can only be understood by examining play-practices in their specific situations." -- Website.