{"product_id":"rules-of-play-game-design-fundamentals-mit-press","title":"Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Mit Press)","description":"An impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date.\nAs pop culture, games are as important as film or television—but game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games, from board games and sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture, the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation, filled with new concepts, strategies, and methodologies for creating and understanding games. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems, Salen and Zimmerman define core concepts like \"play,\" \"design,\" and \"interactivity.\" They look at games through a series of eighteen \"game design schemas,\" or conceptual frameworks, including games as systems of emergence and information, as contexts for social play, as a storytelling medium, and as sites of cultural resistance.\nWritten for game scholars, game developers, and interactive designers, Rules of Play is a textbook, reference book, and theoretical guide. It is the first comprehensive attempt to establish a solid theoretical framework for the emerging discipline of game design.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0262240459\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0262240459.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Salen Tekinbas, Katie|Zimmerman, Eric\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41644097962042,"sku":"DBV.0262240459.G","price":26.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0262240459-0.jpg?v=1789107599","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/rules-of-play-game-design-fundamentals-mit-press","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}