Game on! : video game history from Pong and Pac-man to Mario, Minecraft, and more by Hansen, Dustin

Table of Contents: “…: violence and the ESRB -- Super Mario Kart 1992: an all-star cast -- Myst 1993: a planet full of guns -- Tomb Raider 1996: a new face, a new system, a new era -- Gran Turismo 1997: gentlemen, start your engines -- Final Fantasy IV 1997: not as final as you thought -- Half-Life 1998: welcome to Black Mesa -- Dance Dance Revolution 1999: step in a new direction -- Pokémon Yellow 1999: gotta catch 'em all -- The Sims 2000: plenty of room to expand -- Grand Theft Auto III 2001: hijacked! -- World of Warcraft 2004: wowzers! -- Halo 2 2004: one down, fifty billion to go -- Guitar Hero 2005: bring on the plastic! …”


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Likewar : the weaponization of social media by Singer, P. W. (Peter Warren), Brooking, Emerson T.

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Game on! : video game history from Pong and Pac-man to Mario, Minecraft, and more by Hansen, Dustin

Table of Contents: “…: violence and the ESRB -- Super Mario Kart 1992: an all-star cast -- Myst 1993: a planet full of guns -- Tomb Raider 1996: a new face, a new system, a new era -- Gran Turismo 1997: gentlemen, start your engines -- Final Fantasy IV 1997: not as final as you thought -- Half-Life 1998: welcome to Black Mesa -- Dance Dance Revolution 1999: step in a new direction -- Pokémon Yellow 1999: gotta catch 'em all -- The Sims 2000: plenty of room to expand -- Grand Theft Auto III 2001: hijacked! -- World of Warcraft 2004: wowzers! -- Halo 2 2004: one down, fifty billion to go -- Guitar Hero 2005: bring on the plastic! …”


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Virtual cities : an atlas & exploration of video game cities by Dimopoulos, K. (Konstantinos)

Table of Contents: “…Antescher (Ant Attack) -- Dun Darach (Dun Darach) -- Woodtick (Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge) -- Rubacava (Grim Fandango) -- The City (Thief: The Dark Project) -- Sigil (Planescape: Torment) -- Clock Town (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) -- Orgrimmar (World of Warcraft) -- London (Fallen London) -- Anor Londo (Dark Souls) -- Whiterun (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) -- Dunwall (Dishonored) -- Yharnam (Bloodborne) -- Novigrad (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) -- Neketaka (Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire) -- Metro City (Final Fight) -- Lizard Breath (It Came from the Desert) -- New Orleans (Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers) -- Fourside (EarthBound [a.k.a. …”


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Social networking communities and e-dating services : concepts and implications

Table of Contents: “…Collective solitude and social networks in World of Warcraft / Nicolas Ducheneaut, Nicholas Yee -- 6. Collaboration challenges in community telecommunications networks / Sylvie Albert, Rolland LeBrasseur -- 7. …”


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1000 game heroes

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Bill Roper ; Warcraft ; Age of Mythology ; Asheron's Call ; Azurik ; Battle Realms ; Dark Cloud ; DuelField ; Dungeon Siege ; Etherlords ; Grandia ; Neverwinter Nights ; Project Ego ; Skies of Arcadia ; Throne of Darkness ; Warrior KIngs ; Zelda -- Sexy heroes. …”


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Virtual cities : an atlas & exploration of video game cities by Dimopoulos, K. (Konstantinos)

Table of Contents: “…Antescher (Ant Attack) -- Dun Darach (Dun Darach) -- Woodtick (Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge) -- Rubacava (Grim Fandango) -- The City (Thief: The Dark Project) -- Sigil (Planescape: Torment) -- Clock Town (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask) -- Orgrimmar (World of Warcraft) -- London (Fallen London) -- Anor Londo (Dark Souls) -- Whiterun (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim) -- Dunwall (Dishonored) -- Yharnam (Bloodborne) -- Novigrad (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt) -- Neketaka (Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire) -- Metro City (Final Fight) -- Lizard Breath (It Came from the Desert) -- New Orleans (Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers) -- Fourside (EarthBound [a.k.a. …”


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Digital discourse : language in the new media

Table of Contents: “…Style and stylization: identity play and semiotic invention : Multimodal creativity and identities of expertise in the digital ecology of a World of Warcraft guild / Lisa Newon -- "Ride hard, live forever": translocal identities in an online community of extreme sports Christians / Saija Peuronen -- Performing girlhood through typographic play in Hebrew blogs / Carmel Vaisman -- Part 4. …”


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Role-playing game studies : transmedia foundations

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Video game of the year : a year-by-year guide to the best, boldest, and most bizarre games from every year since 1977 by Minor, Jordan

Table of Contents: “…Grand theft auto: vice city: the crime of the century -- 2003. the Legend of Zelda: the wind waker: the Nintendo left swerve of the year -- 2004. World of Warcraft: the matrix of the year -- 2005. Resident Evil 4: the new nightmare of the year -- 2006. …”


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Changing the game : how video games are transforming the future of business by Edery, David, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to games, and why they matter -- Why games matter -- Who plays what on which -- Single-player, enthusiast : Grand theft auto 3 -- Single-player, enthusiast : The Sims -- Single-player, casual : Solitaire -- Multiplayer, enthusiast : World of warcraft -- Multiplayer, casual : Habbo Hotel -- Games and virtual worlds -- Games and user-created content -- Games and controversy -- Games and the future of business -- Endnotes -- pt. …”


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Multiplayer : the social aspects of digital gaming

Table of Contents: “….] -- 19 Isolated Violence, Isolated Players, Isolated Aggression: The Social Realism of Experimental Research on Digital Games and Aggression / MALTE ELSON AND JOHANNES BREUER -- 20 Self-Discrepancy and MMORPGs: Testing the Moderating Effects of Avatar Identification and Pathological Gaming in World of Warcraft / JAN VAN LOOY, CEDRIC COURTOIS, AND MELANIE DE VOCHT.…”


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Gender, race, and class in media : a critical reader

Table of Contents: “…Pop cosmopolitanism: mapping cultural flows in an age of convergence / Henry Jenkins III -- The political economy of privacy on Facebook / Christian Fuchs -- Showtime thinks, therefore I am: the corporate construction of "The Lesbian" on Sho.Com's The L Word site / Kelly Kessler -- Reading the romance of fan cultural production: music videos of a television lesbian couple / Eve Ng -- "Don't hate the player, hate the game": The racialization of labor in World of Warcraft / Lisa Nakamura -- Accidental activists: fan activism in the soap opera community / Melissa C. …”


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Gender, race, and class in media : a critical reader

Table of Contents: “…Pop cosmopolitanism : mapping cultural flows in an age of convergence / Henry Jenkins III ; The political economy of privacy on Facebook / Christian Fuchs ; Showtime thinks, therefore I am : the corporate construction of "The Lesbian" on Sho.Com's The L Word site / Kelly Kessler ; Reading the romance of fan cultural production : music videos of a television lesbian couple / Eve Ng ; "Don't hate the player, hate the game" : the racialization of labor in World of Warcraft / Lisa Nakamura ; Accidental activists : fan activism in the soap opera community / Melissa C. …”


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Gender, race, and class in media : a critical reader

Table of Contents: “…Interactivity, virtual community, and fandom : Pop cosmopolitanism: mapping cultural flows in an age of convergence /Henry Jenkins III -- Reading the romance of fan cultural production: music videos of a television lesbian couple / Eve Ng -- "Don't hate the player, hate the game": the racialization of labor in World of warcraft / Lisa Nakamura -- Sex lives in Second life / Robert Alan Brookey and Kristopher L. …”


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Introduction to game analysis by Fernández-Vara, Clara

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Social research methods by example : applications in the modern world by Besen-Cassino, Yasemin, Cassino, Dan, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Richard Fenno - Congressional Homestyles (1978) ; Andre Lukacs, David Embrick, and Talmadge Wright - Emotion Work in World of Warcraft (2010) -- Summary -- Chapter 7. Qualitative Research II : Interviews and Focus Groups. …”


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