Tempest: Geometries of Play (Record no. 59951)
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| control field | https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27222 |
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| International Standard Book Number | lvg.13030180.0001.001 |
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| International Standard Book Number | 9780472072699;9780472052691 |
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| Standard number or code | 10.3998/lvg.13030180.0001.001 |
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| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | English |
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| Authentication code | dc |
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| Subject category code | UGV |
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| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Ruggill, Judd |
| Relationship | auth |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Tempest: Geometries of Play |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Ann Arbor |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University of Michigan Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 electronic resource (167 p.) |
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| Terms governing access | Open Access |
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| Standardized terminology for access restriction | Unrestricted online access |
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| Summary, etc. | Atari’s 1981 arcade hit Tempest was a “tube shooter” built around glowing, vector-based geometric shapes. Among its many important contributions to both game and cultural history, Tempest was one of the first commercial titles to allow players to choose the game’s initial play difficulty (a system Atari dubbed “SkillStep”), a feature that has since became standard for games of all types. Tempest was also one of the most aesthetically impactful games of the twentieth century, lending its crisp, vector aesthetic to many subsequent movies, television shows, and video games. In this book, Ruggill and McAllister enumerate and analyze Tempest’s landmark qualities, exploring the game’s aesthetics, development context, and connections to and impact on video game history and culture. By describing the game in technical, historical, and ludic detail, they unpack the game’s latent and manifest audio-visual iconography and the ideological meanings this iconography evokes. |
| 540 ## - TERMS GOVERNING USE AND REPRODUCTION NOTE | |
| Terms governing use and reproduction | Creative Commons |
| Use and reproduction rights | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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| Language note | English |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Information technology: general issues |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | Digital video: professional |
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| Uncontrolled term | Media |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | McAllister, Ken |
| Relationship | auth |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
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| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
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| Access status | 0 |
| Public note | DOAB: download the publication |
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| Host name | www.oapen.org |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27222">https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/27222</a> |
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| Public note | DOAB: description of the publication |
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