The Co-Creative Evolution of Video Game Instructions

Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-3-032-35190-6
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland AG

Buch, Englisch, 280 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm

Reihe: Palgrave Games in Context

This book describes how video game manuals transformed from rudimentary instructions to multimodal tutorials, and finally to an entire industry of player-created instructional wikis and videos, using current theories of technical communication. It engages theories of tactical and strategic communication, design thinking, and co-creation to chart how video games progressed from simple paper manuals to an often lucrative player-created industry. Offering a historical overview, it investigates instructional content in video games of each decade, beginning in the 1960s, that are representative of the inexorable move toward co-creative practices in teaching players how to play video games.    

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reardon, Daniel

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Digitale Medien, Internet, Telekommunikation
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1:Introduction.- Chapter 2: The Crowdsourcing Revolution of Videogame Instructions.- Chapter 3: Learning to Play.- Chapter 4: Dawn of the Home Console Era.- Chapter 5: Expanding the Player: Instruction and the Rise of Complex Systems.- Chapter 6: The Social Media Launch.- Chapter 7: Instruction in Motion: From Guides to Game Learning Systems.- Chapter 8: Co-Creation, Community, and the New Instructional Paradigm.

Über Autor(innen)

Daniel Reardon is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education at Missouri University of Science and Technology. His research focuses on technical communication, game studies, digital rhetoric, and participatory media. His publications have appeared in academic journals addressing writing studies, program administration, technical communication, and digital games. He is co-author, with David Wright, of  (2021). He teaches courses in science fiction, fantasy literature, game studies, and technical communication.