Players unleashed! modding The Sims and the culture of gaming

It has been ten years since video game giant Electronic Arts first released The Sims, the best-selling game that allows its players to create a household and then manage every aspect of daily life within it. And since its debut, gamers young and old have found ways to 'mod' The Sims, a pra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Sihvonen, Tanja, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press 2011.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:MediaMatters.
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Sumario:It has been ten years since video game giant Electronic Arts first released The Sims, the best-selling game that allows its players to create a household and then manage every aspect of daily life within it. And since its debut, gamers young and old have found ways to 'mod' The Sims, a practice in which gamers manipulate the computer code of a game, and thereby alter it to add new content and scenarios.Players Unleashed! 'the first study of its kind' Tanja Sihvonen provides a fascinating examination of modding, tracing its evolution and detailing its impact on The Sims and the game industry as a whole. Along the way, Sihvonen shares insights into specific modifications and the cultural contexts from which they emerge.
Notas:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Feb 2021).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (221 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781283020640
9786613020642
9789048511983