THE ROUTLEDGE COMPANION TO VIDEO GAME STUDIES

The number of publications dealing with video game studies has exploded over the course of the last decade, but the field has produced few comprehensive reference works. The Routledge Companion to Video Game Studies, compiled by well-known video game scholars Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron, aims to address the ongoing theoretical and methodological development of game studies, providing students, scholars, and game designers with a definitive look at contemporary video game studies. Features include:

•  new perspectives on video games both as art form and cultural phenomenon;

•  explorations of the technical and creative dimensions of video games;

•  accounts of the political, social, and cultural dynamics of video games;

•  comprehensive and interdisciplinary models and approaches for analyzing video games.

Each essay provides a lively and succinct summary of its target area, quickly bringing the reader up-to-date on the pertinent issues surrounding each aspect of the field, including references for further reading. Together, they provide an overview of the present state of game studies that will undoubtedly prove invaluable to student, scholar, and designer alike.

Contributors: Espen Aarseth, Jessica Aldred, Dominic Arsenault, Andrew Baerg, Robert Alan Brookey, Andrew Burn, Frédérique Clément, Mia Consalvo, Simon Dor, Joris Dormans, Anna Everett, Richard E. Ferdig, Clara Fernández-Vara, Robert Furze, Seth Giddings, Andreas Gregersen, Mark Grimshaw, Louis-Martin Guay, Christopher Hanson, Mark Hayse, Carrie Heeter, Robin Johnson, Daniel Joseph, Rune Klevjer, Lee Knuttila, Carly A. Kocurek, Peter Krapp, Lori Landay, Julia G. Raz, Andras Lukacs, Vincent Mauger, Frans Mäyrä, Sheila C. Murphy, David Myers, Michael Z. Newman, Simon Niedenthal, Michael Nitsche, Christopher A. Paul, Bernard Perron, Martin Picard, Richard Rouse III, Kevin Schut, Bobby Schweizer, John Sharp, Marko Siitonen, Olli Sotamaa, Grant Tavinor, Carl Therrien, Michael Thomasson, John Vanderhoef, Gerald Voorhees, Karin Wenz, Emma Witkowski, and Mark J. P. Wolf.