Wardrip-Fruin, Noah.

Expressive processing digital fictions, computer games, and software studies / [electronic resource] : Noah Wardrip-Fruin. - Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009. - xv, 482 p. : ill. - Software studies . - Software studies (Cambridge, Mass.) .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The Eliza effect -- Computer game fictions -- Making models -- The tale-spin effect -- Character and author intelligence -- Authoring systems -- The SimCity effect -- Playable language and nonsimulative processes -- Conclusion -- Afterword.


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Interactive multimedia--Social aspects.
Computer games--Social aspects.
Digital media.
Digital computer simulation.


Electronic books.

QA76.76.I59 / W37 2009eb

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