{"product_id":"rules-of-play-game-design-fundamentals-mit-press-9780262240451","title":"Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals (Mit Press)","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn impassioned look at games and game design that offers the most ambitious framework for understanding them to date. As pop culture  games are as important as film or televisionbut game design has yet to develop a theoretical framework or critical vocabulary. In Rules of Play Katie Salen and Eric Zimmerman present a much-needed primer for this emerging field. They offer a unified model for looking at all kinds of games  from board games and sports to computer and video games. As active participants in game culture  the authors have written Rules of Play as a catalyst for innovation  filled with new concepts  strategies  and methodologies for creating and understanding games. Building an aesthetics of interactive systems  Salen and Zimmerman define core concepts like \"play \" \"design \" and \"interactivity.\" They look at games through a series of eighteen \"game design schemas \" or conceptual frameworks  including games as systems of emergence and information  as contexts for social play  as a storytelling medium  and as sites of cultural resistance. Written for game scholars  game developers  and interactive designers  Rules of Play is a textbook  reference book  and theoretical guide. It is the first comprehensive attempt to establish a solid theoretical framework for the emerging discipline of game design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45960414986293,"sku":"ByrdShop_0262240459","price":51.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rules-of-play-game-design-fundamentals-mit-press-9780262240451","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}