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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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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. |
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| 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 |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |