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  1. The digital role-playing game and technical communication
    a history of Bethesda, BioWare, and CD Projekt Red
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, New York

    "With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical-release movies as the highest-grossing entertainment media in the world. In their examination of the... more

    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    "With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical-release movies as the highest-grossing entertainment media in the world. In their examination of the tremendous cultural influence of digital games, Daniel Reardon and David Wright analyze three companies that have shaped the industry: Bethesda, located in Rockville, Maryland; BioWare in Edmonton, Alberta, and CD Projekt Red in Warsaw, Poland. Each company has used social media and technical content in the games to promote players' belief that players control the companies' game narratives. The result has been at times explosive, as empowered players often attempted to co-op the creative processes of games through discussion board forum demands, fund-raising campaigns to persuade companies to change or add game content, and modifications ("modding") of the games through fan-created downloads. The result has changed the way we understand the interactive nature of digital games and the power of fan culture to shape those games"

     

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  2. The digital role-playing game and technical communication
    a history of Bethesda, BioWare, and CD Projekt Red
    Published: 2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, New York

    "With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical-release movies as the highest-grossing entertainment media in the world. In their examination of the... more

    Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth
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    Bayerische Staatsbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek Regensburg
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    "With annual gross sales surpassing 100 billion U.S. dollars each of the last two years, the digital games industry may one day challenge theatrical-release movies as the highest-grossing entertainment media in the world. In their examination of the tremendous cultural influence of digital games, Daniel Reardon and David Wright analyze three companies that have shaped the industry: Bethesda, located in Rockville, Maryland; BioWare in Edmonton, Alberta, and CD Projekt Red in Warsaw, Poland. Each company has used social media and technical content in the games to promote players' belief that players control the companies' game narratives. The result has been at times explosive, as empowered players often attempted to co-op the creative processes of games through discussion board forum demands, fund-raising campaigns to persuade companies to change or add game content, and modifications ("modding") of the games through fan-created downloads. The result has changed the way we understand the interactive nature of digital games and the power of fan culture to shape those games"

     

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  3. The digital role-playing game and technical communication
    a history of Bethesda, BioWare, and CD Projekt Red
    Published: 2021; ©2021
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, New York, NY

    Technische Universität München, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781501352577; 1501352571; 9781501352560; 1501352563; 1501352555; 9781501352553
    Subjects: Array; Marketing; Computerunterstützte Kommunikation; Social Media; Fan; Computerspiel; Computerspielindustrie
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource ( xiv, 330 Seiten), color Illustrationen
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