Uncertainty in Games
$31.71
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
30 January 2015
Summary
How uncertainty in games-from Super Mario Bros. to Rock/Paper/Scissors-engages players and shapes play experiences. In life, uncertainty surrounds us. Things that we thought were good for us turn out to be bad for us (and vice versa); people we thought we knew well behave in mysterious ways; the stock market takes a nosedive. Thanks to an inexplicable optimism, most of the time we are fairly cheerful about it all. But we do devote much effort to managing and ameliorating uncertainty. Is it an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262527538 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262527537 |
| Author: | Greg Costikyan |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 30 January 2015 |
| Weight: | 190g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 137mm x 11mm |
| Series: | Playful Thinking |
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About The Author
Greg Costikyan
Greg Costikyan, an award-winning designer of board, tabletop, roleplaying, computer, online, mobile, and social games, is Senior Game Designer for Loot Drop, Inc. He is the author of four science fiction/fantasy novels.
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