Mark J. P. Wolf

Auteur de The Video Game Theory Reader

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A propos de l'auteur

Mark J. P. Wolf is a Full Professor in the Communication Department at Concordia University Wisconsin, USA. His books include Abstracting Reality, The Medium of the Video Game, Virtual Morality, The Video Game Explosion, Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni, Before the Crash, Encyclopedia of Video afficher plus Games, Building Imaginary Worlds, The LEGO Studies Reader, Video Games Around the World, and Revisiting Imaginary Worlds. He is also the founder of the Imaginary Worlds book series. With Bernard Perron, he is the co-editor of The Video Game Theory Reader 1 and 2, and the Landmark Video Game book series. afficher moins

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Videoludica. Game culture

Œuvres de Mark J. P. Wolf

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The Video Game Theory Reader (2003) 104 exemplaires

The Medium of the Video Game (2002) 72 exemplaires

Building Imaginary Worlds: The Theory and History of Subcreation (2012) 41 exemplaires

The Video Game Explosion: A History from PONG to PlayStation and Beyond (2007) 27 exemplaires

The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies (Routledge Companions) (2013) 15 exemplaires

The Routledge Companion to Imaginary Worlds (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions) (2017) 15 exemplaires

Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Series) (2012) 11 exemplaires

Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni (2006) 9 exemplaires

Video Games Around the World (2015) 8 exemplaires

Encyclopedia of Video Games [2 volumes]: The Culture, Technology, and Art of Gaming (2012) 7 exemplaires

Virtual Morality: Morals, Ethics and New Media (Counterpoints) (2003) 6 exemplaires

LEGO studies : examining the building blocks of a transmedial phenomenon (2014) 6 exemplaires

Revisiting imaginary worlds : a subcreation studies anthology (2016) 5 exemplaires

The world of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood (2017) 3 exemplaires

Exploring imaginary worlds : essays on media, structure, and subcreation (2020) 3 exemplaires

Abstracting reality : art, communication, and cognition in the digital age (2000) 2 exemplaires

The Routledge Companion to Media Technology and Obsolescence (Routledge Media and Cultural Studies Companions) (2018) 2 exemplaires

101 Enigmatic Puzzles: Fractal Mazes, Quantum Chess, Anagram Sudoku, and More (1) (2020) 1 exemplaire

World-Builders on World-Building: An Exploration of Subcreation (2020) 1 exemplaire

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Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni (Landmark… par Mark J. P. Wolf

It's a perhaps too detailed book about the Myst and Riven games that (as another commenter said) felt like a sloppy and unfinished walkthrough. I recommend watching the YouTube videos on the making of Myst and the Myst Lore and perhaps some interviews of the Cyan founders, because perhaps you will find it more interesting and engaging.

These are the videos I watched and that complete the thinking and the work behind the game and its Lore:

A Brief History of... Myst (https://youtu.be/h4wWITMUop0)

How Myst Almost Couldn't Run on CD-ROM (https://youtu.be/EWX5B6cD4_4)

I also saw the trailer for the new Cyan project Firmament and I'm so excited, so I'm gonna drop it here as well for the hype! (https://youtu.be/9-DpB7tXs4g)… (plus d'informations)

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Ihaveapassion | Oct 25, 2022 |

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