This is a companion website to the textbook an introduction to game studies games in culture by frans mayra published by sage publications ltd you can use this site to access the table of contents as well as to find links to some bookshops that have the textbook available for ordering in the right sidebar. An introduction to game studies is the first introductory textbook for students of game studies it provides a conceptual overview of the cultural social and economic significance of computer and video games and traces the history of game culture and the emergence of game studies as a field of research. An introduction to game studies is a core textbook for game studies as an academic discipline and is the comprehensive guide to the field it introduces the student to the history and character of games studies as an analytical study of games in culture and then moves to provide an overview of games as signifying and dynamic cultural constructs. Introduction what is game studies game culture meaning in games play and games in history dual structure and the action games of the 1970s adventures and other fiction in the 1980s games three dimensionality and the early 1990s the real and the game game culture entering the new millennium preparing for a game studies project