[Air-L] Book: The Pleasures of Computer Gaming

[Jason Wilson]

(Apologies for X-posting) 

Hi all, 

The Pleasures of Computer Gaming, a collection on the aesthetics of
computer games edited by Melanie Swalell and Jason Wilson,  is now
available for order from McFarland Scholarly Publishers. 

http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/contents-2.php?id=978-0-7864-3595-1

Introduction
Melanie Swalwell and Jason Wilson        1

1. Little Jesuses and *@#?-off Robots: On Cybernetics, Aesthetics, and Not Being Very Good at Lego Star Wars
Seth Giddings and Helen W. Kennedy      
2. Gaming/Gambling: Addiction and the Videogame Experience
Joyce Goggin      
3. Forbidden Pleasures: Cheating in Computer Games
Julian Kücklich    
4. Movement and Kinaesthetic Responsiveness: A Neglected Pleasure
Melanie Swalwell     
5. “Participation TV”: Videogame Archaeology and New Media Art
Jason Wilson      
6. The Navigator’s Experience: An Examination of the Spatial in Computer Games
Bernadette Flynn     
7. Wargaming and Computer Games: Fun with the Future
Patrick Crogan      
8. Gameplay as Thirdspace
Brett Nicholls and Simon Ryan      

Cheers
Jason Wilson



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