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The Number Of Publications Dealing With Video Game Studies Has Exploded Over The Course Of The Last Decade, But The Field Has Not Yet Produced A Comprehensive Reference Work. The Routledge Companion To Video Game Studies, By Well-known Video Game Scholars Mark Wolf And Bernard Perron, Aims To Address The On-going Theoretical And Methodological Development Of Game Studies, Providing Students, Scholars, And Game Designers With A Definitive Look At Contemporary Video Game Studies. Features Include: -comprehensive And Interdisciplinary Models And Approaches For Analyzing Video Games; -new Perspectives On Video Games Both As Art Form And Cultural Phenomenon; -explorations Of Technical And Creative Dimensions Of Video Games; -accounts Of The Economical, Political, Social, And Cultural Dynamics Of Video Games-- Provided By Publisher.