Spectate! Watching, Recording and Streaming Videogames

by James Newman

Book Overview

If there is one thing that distinguishes videogames from other media forms surely it is their interactivity. What it quite means to be a 'player', or what constitutes the distinctive 'play position', has never been more complicated, contested and confusing - so much so that it need not involve touching a controller at all, far less becoming an accomplished performer. We see players learning from one another as they observe technique, and shifting...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501332406
• ISBN13: 9781501332401
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages