Hollywood gamers : digital convergence in the film and video game industries

• Tác giả: Robert Alan Brookey
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• ISBN: 0253222311 (pb : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 0253355249 (cl : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780253222312 (pb : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780253355249 (cl : alk. paper)
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.477948 Secondary industries and services
• Thông tin xuất bản: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2010.
• Mô tả vật lý: x, 174 p. ; , 23 cm.
• Bộ sưu tập: Xã hội, kinh tế, luật
• ID: 348772
• Chủ đề: 1. Convergence (Telecommunication); 2. Motion picture industry--Technological innovations; 3. Motion pictures and video games; 4. Video games industry--Technological innovations

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-162) and index.

Tóm tắt

 "For years, major film studios have licensed products related to their most popular films
  video game spin-offs have become an important part of these licensing practices. Where blockbuster films are concerned, the video game release has become the rule rather than the exception. In Hollywood Gamers, Robert Alan Brookey explores the business conditions and technological developments that have facilitated the convergence of the film and video game industries. Brookey treats video games as rhetorical texts and critically examines several games to determine how specific industrial conditions are manifest in game design. Among the games (and films) discussed are Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Spider-Man, and Iron Man."--From publisher description.