{"id":1499,"date":"2020-02-28T23:28:12","date_gmt":"2020-02-28T19:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/?p=1499"},"modified":"2020-02-28T23:55:43","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T20:25:43","slug":"videogames","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/1499\/videogames\/","title":{"rendered":"Videogames"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Book name:<\/strong> Videogames<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Author:<\/strong> James Newman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Published in: <\/strong>2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number of pages:<\/strong> 198<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"272\" height=\"425\" src=\"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/9780415281928.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1502\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Abstract:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> James Newman&#8217;s lucid and engaging introduction guides the reader through the world of videogaming, providing a history of the videogame, from its origins in the computer lab to its contemporary status as a global entertainment industry, with characters such as Lara Croft and Sonic the Hedgehog familiar even to those who&#8217;ve never been near a games console. Newman introduces: What is a videogame?; Why study videogames?; a brief history of videogames, from Pac-Man to Pokemon; the videogame industry; who plays videogames?; are videogames bad for you?; the narrative structure of videogames; and the future of videogames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apps.56167.63138413889069717.b0a4c480-3b73-4a7b-9fb8-56a1feec4c7a.2285397c-4d87-46dd-b29a-dfc369cce7ce-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1501\" srcset=\"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apps.56167.63138413889069717.b0a4c480-3b73-4a7b-9fb8-56a1feec4c7a.2285397c-4d87-46dd-b29a-dfc369cce7ce-1024x576.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apps.56167.63138413889069717.b0a4c480-3b73-4a7b-9fb8-56a1feec4c7a.2285397c-4d87-46dd-b29a-dfc369cce7ce-600x338.jpg 600w, http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apps.56167.63138413889069717.b0a4c480-3b73-4a7b-9fb8-56a1feec4c7a.2285397c-4d87-46dd-b29a-dfc369cce7ce-768x432.jpg 768w, http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apps.56167.63138413889069717.b0a4c480-3b73-4a7b-9fb8-56a1feec4c7a.2285397c-4d87-46dd-b29a-dfc369cce7ce-1536x864.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/apps.56167.63138413889069717.b0a4c480-3b73-4a7b-9fb8-56a1feec4c7a.2285397c-4d87-46dd-b29a-dfc369cce7ce.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>A picture of Sonic the Hedgehog video game<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Newman traces the battle for dominance among key players such as Atari, Nintendo and Sega, explains how new videogames are developed and produced, and outlines research into the effects of videogaming on players, challenging the popular notion that too much Playstation is bad for your health. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Newman&#8217;s lucid and engaging introduction guides the reader through the world of videogaming, providing a history of the videogame, from its origins in the computer lab to its contemporary status as a global entertainment industry, with characters such as Lara Croft and Sonic the Hedgehog familiar even to those who&#8217;ve never been near a games console.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31],"tags":[798,773],"yst_prominent_words":[802,796,396,768,793,797,801,800,794,792,795],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1503,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1499\/revisions\/1503"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1499"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/koodak.tv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=1499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}