{"product_id":"making-games-stefan-werning-9780262044837","title":"Making Games: The Politics and Poetics of Game Creation Tools","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn argument that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaking Games\u003c\/i\u003e, Stefan Werning considers the role of tools (primarily but not exclusively software), their design affordances, and the role they play as sociotechnical actors. Drawing on a wide variety of case studies, Werning argues that production tools shape the aesthetics and political economy of games as an expressive medium. He frames game-making as a (meta)game in itself and shows that tools, like games, have their own \"procedural rhetoric\" and should not always be conceived simply in terms of optimization and best practices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stefan Werning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0262044838\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780262044837\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e MIT Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.66lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Stefan Werning","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44213309833471,"sku":"9780262044837","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7cd49af0-fab6-43db-b6dc-afd5ed7b16e4.jpg?v=1692113157","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-games-stefan-werning-9780262044837","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}