Videogames and Agency

Videogames and Agency explores the trend in videogames and their marketing to offer a player higher volumes, or even more distinct kinds, of player freedom. The book offers a new conceptual framework that helps us understand how this freedom to act is discussed by designers, and how that in turn ref...

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Main Author: Bódi, Bettina (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis 2023
Series:Routledge Advances in Game Studies
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