Tanja Sihvonen
It has been ten years since video game giant Electronic Arts first released The Sims, the best-selling game that allows its players to create a household and then manage every aspect of daily life within it. And since its debut, gamers young and old have found ways to “mod” The Sims, a practice in which gamers manipulate the computer code of a game, and thereby alter it to add new content and scenarios.
In Players Unleashed!—the first study of its kind—Tanja Sihvonen provides a fascinating examination of modding, tracing its evolution and detailing its impact on The Sims and the game industry as a whole. Along the way, Sihvonen shares insights into specific modifications and the cultural contexts from which they emerge.
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LANGUAGE | BINDING | EDITION | ISBN | YEAR | PAGES |
English | Paperback | 9789089642011 | 2011 | 221 | |
English | eBook | N/A | 2024 | 164 |
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Players Unleashed!: Modding The Sims and the Culture of Gaming
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