Run and jump : the meaning of the 2D platformer / Peter McDonald.

"A monograph that surveys the formal elements of the 2D platforming game genre and examines how design choices act as ideological forms of pleasure, affect, and idea"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McDonald, Peter (Peter Douglas) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]
Series:Playful thinking (Cambridge, Mass)
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505 0 |a Introduction: a curious persistence -- Jumping -- Dirt suspended in the air -- Philosophy of the enemy -- Every game is two games -- Conclusion : no cheat code. 
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