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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781501352546 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
338.76179484 |
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REA |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Reardon, Daniel |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Digital role-playing game and technical communication : a history of Bethesda, BioWare, and CD Projekt Red |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Bloomsbury Academic, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2021 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
xiii, 323 p. ; |
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ill., |
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24 cm |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE |
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95.00 |
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GBP |
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107.10 |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE |
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| Bibliography, etc |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical-release movies as the highest-grossing entertainment media in the world. In their examination of the tremendous cultural influence of digital games, Daniel Reardon and David Wright analyze three companies that have shaped the industry: Bethesda, located in Rockville, Maryland; BioWare in Edmonton, Alberta, and CD Projekt Red in Warsaw, Poland. Each company has used social media and technical content in the games to promote players' belief that players control the companies' game narratives. The result has been at times explosive, as empowered players often attempted to co-op the creative processes of games through discussion board forum demands, fund-raising campaigns to persuade companies to change or add game content, and modifications ('modding') of the games through fan-created downloads. The result has changed the way we understand the interactive nature of digital games and the power of fan culture to shape those games. |
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Electronic games industry |
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Computer games |
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Fantasy gamers |
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Video gamers |
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Role playing |
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Artificial intelligence |
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Baldur's GateII |
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Throne of Bhaal |
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Crowdsourcing |
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Elder Scrolls |
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MMORPG |
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Anthem |
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Fantasy games |
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Dragon Age |
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Star wars |
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Witcher |
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Protagonist |
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Consalvo |
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Xbox |
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Cyberpunk |
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Dungeons |
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Electronic Arts |
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Electronic Entertainment Expo |
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Frostbite engine (DICE) Game designer |
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Kotaku |
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Metacritic rating /score |
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RPG |
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Twitter |
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You Tube |
| 710 ## - ADDED ENTRY--CORPORATE NAME |
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Wright, David |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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Books |