VIDEO GAMES, LITERATURE, AND CLOSE PLAYING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE

Edmond Y. Chang, Timothy J. Welsh

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Video Games, Literature, and Close Playing: A Practical Guide offers twenty-four case studies of mainstream and independent video games from Tetris to The Sims, Undertale to Animal Crossing: New Horizons, Assassin’s Creed to Gone Home in order to introduce key video game and literary studies concepts, ideas, definitions, and possibilities.

The book also includes a brief history of video games and literature, critical questions and suggested readings for each chapter, and a collection of prompts, activities, and assignments for students and instructors to engage, adapt, and explore. The book is designed to be useful, modular, and playful, to provoke questions and conversation, to encourage connections and collaboration, and to inspire critical thinking.

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PUBLICATION DETAILS

LANGUAGE	BINDING	EDITION	ISBN	YEAR	PAGES
English	Hardcover		9781032468839	2025	176
English	Paperback		9781032468822	2025	176

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Video Games, Literature, and Close Playing: A Practical Guide

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