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Raising the Stakes

Paperback • 2015 • English

Raising the Stakes

By T. L. Taylor

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About the book

Competitive video and computer game play is nothing new: the documentary King of Kong memorably portrays a Donkey Kong player's attempts to achieve the all-time highest score; the television show Starcade (1982--1984) featured competitions among arcade game players; and first-person shooter games of the 1990s became multiplayer through network play. A new development in the world of digital gaming, however, is the emergence of professional computer game play, complete with star players, team ow...Show more

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9780262527583

Publisher

MIT Press Ltd

Published year

2015

Language

English

Original title

Raising the Stakes

Format

Paperback

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