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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Interactive multimedia--Social aspects. Computer games--Social aspects. Digital media. Digital computer simulation.