Description: Guns, Grenades, and Grunts : First-Person Shooter Games, Hardcover by Voorhees, Gerald A. (EDT); Call, Joshua (EDT); Whitlock, Katie (EDT), ISBN 144114224X, ISBN-13 9781441142245, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Known for their visibility and tendency to generate controversy, first-person shooter (FPS) games are cultural icons and powder-kegs in American society. Contributors will examine a range of FPS games such as the Doom, Half-Life, System Shock, Deus Ex, Halo, Medal of Honor and Call of Duty franchises. By applying and enriching a broad range of perspectives, this volume will address the cultural relevance and place of the genre in game studies, game theory and the cultures of game players. Guns, Grenades, and Grunts gathers scholars from all disciplines to bring the weight of contemporary social theory and media criticism to bear on the public controversy and intellectual investigation of first-person shooter games. As a genre, FPS games have helped shepherd the game industry from the early days of shareware distribution and underground gaming clans to contemporary multimillion dollar production budgets, Hollywood-style launches, content and worldwide professional gaming leagues. The FPS has been and will continue to be a staple of the game market.
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Book Title: Guns, Grenades, and Grunts : First-Person Shooter Games
Number of Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Name: Guns, Grenades, and Grunts : First-Person Shooter Games
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Subject: Media Studies, General, Popular Culture
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 2012
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 23.3 Oz
Author: Joshua Call
Subject Area: Social Science, Games & Activities
Item Length: 8.5 in
Series: Approaches to Digital Game Studies
Item Width: 5.5 in
Format: Hardcover
