{"product_id":"gaming-9780816648511","title":"Gaming","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConsiders the video game as a distinct cultural form that demands a unique interpretive framework. This book analyzes video games as something to be played rather than as texts to be read, and traces how the algorithmic culture created by video games intersects with theories of visuality, realism, allegory, and the avant-garde.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Galloway is active as both a scholar and an expert player of the video games he is analyzing. This is contemporary media theory at its best.\" - Lev Manovich\"","brand":"University of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405957210455,"sku":"9780816648511","price":13.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780816648511.jpg?v=1730494040","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gaming-9780816648511","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}