Table of Contents

Introduction
What is Game Studies?
Game Culture
Meaning in Games
Play and Games in History
Dual Structure and the Action Games of the 1970′s
Adventures and Other Fiction in the 1980S′ Games
Three-Dimensionality and the Early 1990′s
The Real and the Game
Game Culture Entering the New Millennium
Preparing for a Game Studies Project

About the Author

Professor Frans Mäyrä is a Professor of Games Studies and Digital Culture at the Hypermedia Laboratory in the University of Tampere, Finland.