Cheating [electronic resource] : gaining advantage in videogames / Mia Consalvo.

"In Cheating, Mia Consalvo investigates how players choose to play games and what happens when they can't always play the way they'd like. She explores a broad range of player behavior, including cheating (alone and in groups); examines the varying ways that players and industry defin...

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Online Access: Full Text (via MIT Press)
Main Author: Consalvo, Mia, 1969-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2007.
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Summary:"In Cheating, Mia Consalvo investigates how players choose to play games and what happens when they can't always play the way they'd like. She explores a broad range of player behavior, including cheating (alone and in groups); examines the varying ways that players and industry define cheating; describes how the game industry itself has helped systematize cheating; and studies online cheating in context in an online ethnography of Final Fantasy XI."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 228 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-220) and index.
ISBN:9780262270748
0262270749
9781429479660
1429479663
1282098802
9781282098800
9786612098802
6612098805
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/1802.001.0001