{"product_id":"material-game-studies","title":"Material Game Studies","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is   the first volume to apply insights from the material turn in philosophy to the study of play and games. At a time of renewed interest   in analogue gaming, as scholars are looking beyond the digital and   virtual for the first time since the inception of game studies in the 1990s,   \u003ci\u003eMaterial Game Studies\u003c\/i\u003e not only supports the importance of the (re)turn to the analogue, but   proposes a materiality of play more broadly.            \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRecognizing the   entanglement of physical materiality with cultural meaning, the authors in   this volume apply a range of theoretical approaches, from material eco-criticism   to animal studies, to examine games and play as existing within worlds of   matter. Different chapters focus on the material   properties of board, card and role-playing games, how they are designed and made, how they are touched and played with,   and how they connect with other human and nonhuman things.         \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together   international scholars, \u003ci\u003eMaterial Game Studies\u003c\/i\u003e defines   a new field of material game studies and   demonstrates how it is a valuable addition to wider debates about the   material turn and the place of embodied humans in a material world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54220904857944,"sku":"9781350202726","price":38.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781350202726.jpg?v=1770269452","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/material-game-studies","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}