{"product_id":"role-playing-game-studies-transmedia-foundations-paperback","title":"Role-Playing Game Studies: Transmedia Foundations - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSebastian Deterding\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJosé Zagal\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis handbook collects, for the first time, the state of research on role-playing games (RPGs) across disciplines, cultures, and media in a single, accessible volume. Collaboratively authored by more than 50 key scholars, it traces the history of RPGs, from wargaming precursors to tabletop RPGs like \u003cem\u003eDungeons \u0026amp; Dragons\u003c\/em\u003e to the rise of live action role-play and contemporary computer RPG and massively multiplayer online RPG franchises, like \u003cem\u003eFallout\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWorld of Warcraft\u003c\/em\u003e. Individual chapters survey the perspectives, concepts, and findings on RPGs from key disciplines, like performance studies, sociology, psychology, education, economics, game design, literary studies, and more. Other chapters integrate insights from RPG studies around broadly significant topics, like transmedia worldbuilding, immersion, transgressive play, or player-character relations. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms and recommended readings to help fans, students, and scholars new to RPG studies find their way into this new interdisciplinary field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSebastian Deterding\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Reader at the Digital Creativity Labs at the University of York (York, UK). He has been an RPG player and designer for more than 20 years and has published ethnographic portraits of the German pen-and-paper RPG subculture. He is founder and organizer of the Gamification Research Network and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Gameful World \u003c\/i\u003e(MIT Press, 2015), a book about the ludification of culture. He holds a PhD in media studies from Hamburg University. See also: http: \/\/codingconduct.cc\/. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJosé P. Zagal is an Associate Professor with the University of Utah's Entertainment Arts \u0026amp; Engineering program. He wrote \u003ci\u003eLudoliteracy\u003c\/i\u003e (2010) and edited \u003ci\u003eThe Videogame Ethics Reader\u003c\/i\u003e (2012). In 2016, he was honored as a Distinguished Scholar by the Digital Games Research Association (DiGRA) for his contributions to the field of game research. He also serves as the Editor-In-Chief of DiGRA's flagship journal \u003ci\u003eTransactions of the Digital Games Research Association\u003c\/i\u003e (ToDiGRA). He received his PhD in computer science from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008. See also: http: \/\/www.eng.utah.edu\/ zagal\/. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42130486296711,"sku":"9780815369202","price":124.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/cf82184563f5af4bc08d13e8370f6cb2.webp?v=1732611209","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/role-playing-game-studies-transmedia-foundations-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}