This volume was first published by Inter-Disciplinary Press in 2013.
This volume brings together perspectives on videogames and interactive entertainment from film and media studies, Russian studies, health, philosophy and human-computer interaction, among others. It includes theoretically and practically-informed explorations of the nature of games, their design and development, and their communities and culture.
Nick Webber is a researcher at the Birmingham Centre for Media and Cultural Research, Birmingham City University, UK. His research interests include popular music consumption, online archives and public history, and the culture of massively multiplayer online games.
Daniel Riha, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Humanities, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. His research includes issues on Serious Games, Interactive Documentary Production and Multi-user Virtual Environments Design. He is as well an award winning artist - Kunst am Bau (Art on Construction) International Art Competition, Constance, Germany.