Author Archive for: ‘Martin Manning’

Alexander R. Galloway, Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2006. ISBN: 0 8166 4851 US$17.95 (pb) 168pp (Review copy supplied by University of Minnesota Press) In the last few years, the field of game studies has reached critical mass as new and established scholars alike have turned their attention to focus exclusively on digital games. The …

Marie-Laure Ryan, Avatars of Story. University of Minnesota Press, 2006. ISBN: 978 081664686 9 US$20 (pb) 296pp (Review copy supplied by University of Minnesota Press) Marie Laure-Ryan has written and edited a number of books on the subject of narrative theory in new media and interactive media, and her body of work has had some degree of influence; within the …