Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin [book review]

Review of Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin, eds. Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2008. $40 (408p) ISBN 978-0-262-08356-0.

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Main Author: John Finlay Kerr
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Organization for Transformative Works 2009-03-01
Series:Transformative Works and Cultures
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Online Access:http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/95/86
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Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin [book review]
Transformative Works and Cultures
Computer games
Game studies
New media
Playable media
Role-playing game
RPG
Video game
title Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin [book review]
title_full Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin [book review]
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title_short Second person: Role-playing and story in games and playable media, edited by Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin [book review]
title_sort second person role playing and story in games and playable media edited by pat harrigan and noah wardrip fruin book review
topic Computer games
Game studies
New media
Playable media
Role-playing game
RPG
Video game
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