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Author Williams, Andrew, 1981- author.

Title History of digital games : developments in art, design and interaction / Andrew Williams. [O'Reilly electronic resource]

Publication Info. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2017]
©2017
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Description 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the earliest games -- Mechanical and electro-mechanical arcade games (1870-1970) -- Games as experiments -- Early commercialized digital games (1970-1983) -- Golden age arcade -- 2nd gen consoles -- Home computers -- Japan 2d game design rebirth of consoles -- Early 3d and multimedia boom -- Contemporary game design -- Independent games.
Summary "The growth of videogame design programs in higher education and explosion of amateur game development has created a need for a deeper understanding of game history that addresses not only "when" but "how" and "why." Andrew Williams takes the first step in creating a comprehensive survey on the history of digital games as commercial products and artistic forms in a textbook appropriate for university instruction. History of Digital Games adopts a unique approach and scope that traces the interrelated concepts of game design art and design of input devices from the beginnings of coin-operated amusement in the late 1800s to the independent games of unconventional creators in the present. Rooted in the concept of videogames as designed objects Williams investigates the sources that inspired specific game developers as well as establishing the historical cultural economic and technological contexts that helped shape larger design trends."
Subject Video games -- Design -- History -- Textbooks.
Video arcades -- History -- Textbooks.
Video art -- History -- Textbooks.
Video arcades
Video art
Video games -- Design
Genre History
Textbooks
Other Form: Print version: Williams, Andrew, 1981- History of digital games. Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017] 9781138885554 (DLC) 2016035577 (OCoLC)969438692
ISBN 9781317503804
1317503805
9781138885530
1138885533
113888555X
9781138885554
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