[game_edu] A Casual Revolution

[Susan Gold]

Here is the announcement of my just-released book, A Casual Revolution.
Thanks to everybody on the list who helped make this book possible!
I am writing to let you know that my new book, A Casual Revolution:  
Reinventing Video Games and Their Players has just been published by  
MIT Press.

A Casual Revolution is my take on what is happening with video games  
right now:

     * Why is the Nintendo Wii more successful than the Xbox 360 and  
the PlayStation 3?
     * Why is the audience for video games expanding?
     * Who plays Bejeweled, and why?
     * What is a casual player? What is casual game design?
     * Are casual games a return to the arcade game, or are they  
something new?
     * How did Solitaire become one of the most popular video games?
     * What is the secret behind the success of Guitar Hero and Rock  
Band?
     * Why is Parcheesi/Ludo a social game? Why is Animal Crossing?
     * Does the rise of casual games mean the downfall of hardcore  
games?
     * � and more.


A Casual Revolution is a 256-page book about what is important: The  
joy of the casual video games that we play during a work break, on  
phones, with the family, or with friends at a late-night party.

The book includes 100 illustrations as well as interviews with game  
players and developers.

Get A Casual Revolution from your neighborhood bookstore or from your  
favorite online retailer.

The book's companion website is: http://www.jesperjuul.net/casualrevolution/

The official MIT Press page: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11844

Thanks to everybody who made this book possible!

Jesper Juul
http://www.jesperjuul.net
New York University Game Center



-- 
Susan Gold
In a completely sane world, madness is the only freedom!
- J. G. Ballard







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