Mortal Kombat games of death
Upon its premiere in 1992, Midway's Mortal Kombat spawned an enormously influential series of fighting games, notorious for their violent "fatality" moves performed by photorealistically rendered characters. Targeted by lawmakers and moral reformers, the series directly inspired the c...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan :
University of Michigan Press
2022.
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| Colección: | Landmark video games.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009720139206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: ABACABB
- One. Ludic Precursors and Generic Innovations
- Two. Cinematic Influences and Cultural Politics
- Three. Mortal Kontroversy
- or, Dispatches from the Console Wars
- Four. Imitation, Derivation, and Reinvention
- Notes
- Glossary
- Mortal Kombat Ludography
- Bibliography
- Index.
