When Pete Etchells was 14, his father died from motor neurone disease. In order to cope, he immersed himself in a virtual world - first as an escape, but later to try to understand what had happened. Etchells is now a researcher into the psychological effects of video games, and was co-author on a recent paper explaining why WHO plans to classify 'game addiction' as a danger to public health are based on bad science and (he thinks) are a bad idea. In this, his first book, he journeys through the... Celý popis
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Lost in a Good Game: Why We Play Video Games and What They Can Do for Us (Etchells Pete Dr)(Paperback)
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When Pete Etchells was 14, his father died from motor neurone disease. In order to cope, he immersed himself in a virtual world - first as an escape, but later to try to understand what had happened. Etchells is now a researcher into the psychological effects of video games, and was co-author on a recent paper explaining why WHO plans to classify 'game addiction' as a danger to public health are based on bad science and (he thinks) are a bad idea.
In this, his first book, he journeys through the history and development of video games - from Turing's chess machine to mass multiplayer online
In this, his first book, he journeys through the history and development of video games - from Turing's chess machine to mass multiplayer online
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Autor | Pete Etchells |
Počet stran | 340 |
Výrobce | Icon Books |
Jazyk | anglické |