Transnational Contexts of Development History, Sociality, and Society of Play Video Games in East Asia

This book examines the development and prominence of video games within historical, industrial, and social contexts of East Asia, the largest global market for the video game industry. The book overviews the history of video game technology and industry, examines recent trends in mobile social games...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Lee, S. Austin (-), Pulos, Alexis
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan 2016.
Colección:East Asian Popular Culture.
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Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
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Sumario:This book examines the development and prominence of video games within historical, industrial, and social contexts of East Asia, the largest global market for the video game industry. The book overviews the history of video game technology and industry, examines recent trends in mobile social games, and discusses social impacts of video games in East Asian contexts. The first part overviews the history of video game industry and the technological landscape of video games. The second part examines the recent trend in social mobile games and how developers and players interact in this new gaming sphere. The last part of the book discusses the social impacts of video games in East Asian context through both quantitative and qualitative lenses.
Descripción Física:XV, 243 p. : 32 il. col
Formato:Forma de acceso: World Wide Web.
ISBN:9783319438207