Index
Index Aarseth, Espen, 18, 124 Accessible (franchise), 20 Ace Combat (franchise), 88 Adams, Ernest, 128–29 Adorno,Theodor, 92, 135 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, 26 advertising, 7, 33–34, 37, 40, 44–48, 84, 86, 91, 101, 124, 125 alchemy, 6, 12–14, 41, 66, 97–106 Alfonso X. Libro de los Juegos, 131 Alix, Avery, 131 Althusser, Louis, 36, 128 Altus [Isaac Baulot], 97, 106 American McGee’s Alice, 25 America’s Army (franchise), 96, 123 Amstrad GX4000, 51 Anderson, Craig A., 123 Animal Crossing (franchise), 52 Apple: Bandai Pippin, 51; iPhone, 30 Aquaman: Battle for Atlantis, 34 archive, 1–2, 28, 62, 80, 107, 121, 127 Armed and Dangerous, 50 Army of Two, 74 art, 122, 127, 132, 134–36 Asakura, Reiji, 46 Ashe, Suzanne, 93 Assassin’s Creed, 26 Asteroids, 71 Atari: VCS, 54, 67; Atari vs. Intellivision TV commercial, 7; Starpath Supercharger , 28, 127; 2600, 28 Auditorium, 40 autophagia, 62 Baer, Ralph, 21, 103 Balance of Power, 87 Baldur’s Gate, 26 ballooning (of time), 51, 56, 104 Barbie Game Girl, 26 Barthes, Roland, 122 Bates, Bob, 133 Beck, John C., 133–134 Benjamin, Walter, 1, 40, 57, 94–95, 121, 135 Bernstein, Haskell E., 128 Big Mutha Truckers, 93 Bioshock, 26, 108 Black & White, 52 Black & White 2, 105 Blake, William, 27 Boardman,Ted, 68 Boer, James, 76 Bogost, Ian, 4–5, 65 Bolter, Jay David, 4–5, 61 Bomb Squad, 71 Boogerman: A Pick and Flick Adventure, 59 boredom, 1, 35–36, 38–40, 47–48, 82, 93, 99, 103, 127–28 Braid, 52 Breakout, 54 Buckner, Jerry and Gary Garcia, 26 Bully, 71 BurgerTime, 135 Burn, Andrew, 24 Caillois, Roger, 59, 82, 90–91, 128, 131 Call of Duty (franchise), 71 Campbell-Kelly, Martin, 46 150 Index Candy Land, 25 capitalism, 26, 67, 77, 92 Carr, Diane, 24 Castronova, Edward, 90 Cathode-Ray Tube Amusement Device, 4 Catwoman, 34 Champandard, Alex J., 105 Chaucer, Geoffrey, 100 Children Now, 123 Church, Doug, 27, 126–27 Chutes & Ladders, 59 Cisco Heat: All AmericanPolice Car Chase, 42 Cliffhanger, 19 Cobley, Paul, 59 Cohen, Scott, 46, 66 Cold War, 131 Coleco Telstar, 58–59 collecting/collections, 1–2, 19, 33, 51, 59, 121, 131 Combat:Task Force 121, 31 Commodore: C64, 67; Vic-20, 71 Communist Mutants from Outer Space, 127 computer game audio, 66, 75–76, 133 computer game design, 2, 5, 7, 11, 19, 23– 24, 29, 32, 33–34, 37, 39, 46–47, 58, 64– 82, 84–87, 90, 94, 101, 126, 128, 129, 132, 133, 135; insistent design, 34, 40– 43, 46–48; technical design, 66–69; industrial and interface design, 69–72; industry practices, 76–78 computer game industry, working conditions , 133. See also labor unions computer game medium, 1–148 computer game studies: discipline of, 4, 8, 14, 96, 98; programs for, 123 Computer Gaming World, 28 Computer Scrabble, 26 Congo Bongo, 50 Consalvo, Mia, 61, 128 Conway, Steven, 71 Costikyan, Greg, 24–25, 126 Crackdown, 13 Crawford, Chris, 24, 72–73, 80, 86–87, 89 Crayon Physics Deluxe, 48 Cross, Gary, 132 Crysis, 54 Crystal Castles, 50 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, 25 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 102 culture, 6, 26, 27 ,59, 65, 85, 86, 88, 92, 93, 95, 96, 105, 124 Dai Senryaku VII: Modern Military Tactics, 12 Dai Wa Sek, 59 Dance Dance Revolution, 133 Darkness,The, 26 Death Race, 25 Della Rocca, Jason, 126–27 Deming, Caren, 126 Demon’s Souls, 71 Desert Bus, 40 Deus Ex, 26 Dibbell, Julian, 90 digipress.com, 28 Dill, Karen E., 123 Donkey Kong, 26, 59, 61, 140 Donkey Kong Junior, 61 DOOM, 128, 135 Dope Wars, 131 Double Dragon, 76 Downhill Domination, 42 Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit, 26 Dragon’s Lair, 27 Dreamfall:The Longest Journey, 33 Duke Nukem, 11 Duke Nukem Forever, 51 Dungeons & Dragons, 60 Dynasty Warriors 6, 70 Earl Bobby Is Looking for His Balls, 43 Eddy, Andy, 66 Edge, 28 1893: A World’s Fair Mystery, 41 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, 41 Electroplankton, 19 emotion, 66, 100 Empire:Total War, 48 Entertainment Software Association, 96 Entertainment Software Rating Board, 48, 124 ergodicity, 18, 124 Everquest, 26 Exit, 42 Exploding Plastic Underground, 27 Index 151 Fable, 67 Fable II, 45 Façade, 52 Fallout 3, 71 Fast and the Furious,The, 104 F.E.A.R. (franchise), 87 Feinstein, Keith, 18 Ficino, Marsilio, 13 50 Cent: Bulletproof, 133 Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates, 26 Fischer, Russ, 38 Fishing Derby, 19 Fitzkee, Dariel, 101, 132, 136 Flash, 30 Flower, Joe...
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