Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin [book review]

Review of Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin, eds. Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. $40 (408p) ISBN 978-0-262-08356-0.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Finlay Kerr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2009-03-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
Subjects:
RPG
Online Access:http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/95/86
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Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin [book review]
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Computer games
Game studies
New media
Playable media
Role-playing game
RPG
Video game
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1941-2258
publishDate 2009-03-01
description Review of Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin, eds. Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. $40 (408p) ISBN 978-0-262-08356-0.
topic Computer games
Game studies
New media
Playable media
Role-playing game
RPG
Video game
url http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/95/86
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