Myst and Riven the world of the D'ni
"Myst and Riven is well-written, interesting, on-topic, insightful, and a real pleasure to read."--Edward Castronova, Indiana University Video games have become a major cultural force, and within their history, Myst and its sequel Riven stand out as influential examples. Myst and Riven: Th...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Ann Arbor
University of Michigan Press
[2011], 2011
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| Series: | Landmark video games
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | "Myst and Riven is well-written, interesting, on-topic, insightful, and a real pleasure to read."--Edward Castronova, Indiana University Video games have become a major cultural force, and within their history, Myst and its sequel Riven stand out as influential examples. Myst and Riven: The World of the D'ni is a close analysis of two of the most popular and significant video games in the history of the genre, investigating in detail their design, their functionality, and the gameplay experience they provide players. While scholarly close analysis has been applied to films for some time now, it has only rarely been applied at this level to video games. Mark J.P. Wolf uses elements such as graphics and sound, the games' mood and atmosphere and how they are generated, the geography and design of the digital worlds, and the narrative structures of the games to examine their appeal to both critical and general audiences, their legacy, and what made them great. Myst and Riven is the inaugural book in the Landmark Video Games series, edited by Mark J.P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, which is the first series to examine individual video games of historical significance |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 125 pages |
| ISBN: | 0472051490 9780472071494 1283159848 0472071491 9780472051496 |