Juul, Jesper, 1970-

Half-real : video games between real rules and fictional worlds / Jesper Juul. - Cambridge, Mass. ; London : MIT Press, 2011. - 1 v. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: 2005.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Video games and the classic game model -- Rules -- Fiction -- Rules and fiction -- Conclusions.

Jesper Juul examines the constantly evolving tension between rules & fiction in video games. He argues that such games are both a departure from & a development of traditional non-electronic games.

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Video games--Rules.
Video games--Psychological aspects.

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