While so many books on technology look at new advances and digital technologies, The Routledge Compa... more

, and J. R. R. Tolkien s Arda, to elaborate, user-created game worlds like Minecraft, contributors present...... more

The concept of world and the practice of world creation have been with us since antiquity, but they ... more

Since the "Automatic Binding Bricks" that LEGO produced in 1949, and the LEGO "System of Play" that ... more

Since the "Automatic Binding Bricks" that LEGO produced in 1949, and the LEGO "System of Play" that ... more

makers suffered steep losses or left the market altogether. In Before the Crash: Early Video Game History, editor Mark J. P...... more

The Video Game Theory Reader 2 picks up where the first Video Game Theory Reader (Routledge, 2003) l... more

The Video Game Theory Reader 2 picks up where the first Video Game Theory Reader (Routledge, 2003) l... more

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond traces the growth of a globa... more

In the early days of Pong and Pac Man, video games appeared to be little more than an idle pastime. ... more

In the early days of Pong and Pac Man, video games appeared to be little more than an idle pastime. ... more

very best foundational and cutting-edge scholarship. Edited by the field’s leading scholar, Mark J. P. Wolf, the collection...... more

Thirty-nine essays explore the vast diversity of video game history and culture across all the world... more

This two-volume encyclopedia addresses the key people, companies, regions, games, systems, instituti... more

New technologies continue to shape communication and how we think about and relate to the world arou... more

, until now, this giant on the popular culture landscape has received little in-depth study or analysis. In this book, Mark J...... more