More than a game: The computer game as fictional form

There Is Little Doubt That Computer And Video Games Occupy A Significant Place In Contemporary Popular Culture. Taking Its Cue From Practices Of Reading Texts In Literary And Cultural Studies, This Text Considers The Computer Game As An Emerging Mode Of Contemporary Storytelling. Acknowledgements --1. The Computer Game As Fictional Form --2. Fantastically Real: Reading Tomb Raider --3. Gritty Realism: Reading Half-life --4. Replaying History: Reading Close Combat --5. Managing The Real: Reading Simcity --6. More Than A Game? --glossary Of Game-specific Terms --bibliography --index. Barry Atkins. Description Based Upon Print Version Of Record. First Published: 2003. Includes Bibliographic References And Index. Also Available In Print Form. English