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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Formato: | Libro electrónico |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam :
Amsterdam University Press
2011.
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Edición: | 1st ed |
Colección: | MediaMatters.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009436832706719 |
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. |
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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 |