Adventure Games: Playing the Outsider

by Aaron A. Reed, Anastasia Salter, John Murray

Book Overview

The genre of adventure games is frequently overlooked. Lacking the constantly-evolving graphics and graphic violence of their counterparts in first-person and third-person shooters or role-playing games, they are often marketed to and beloved by players outside of mainstream game communities. While often forgotten by both the industry and academia, adventure games have had (and continue to have) a surprisingly wide influence on contemporary games,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501346547
• ISBN13: 9781501346545
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"