Portable play in everyday life : the Nintendo DS

Author(s)

• Tobin, Samuel

Bibliographic Information

Portable play in everyday life : the Nintendo DS

Samuel Tobin

（Palgrave pivot）

Palgrave Macmillan, 2013

• : hardback

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

People play mobile games everywhere and at any time. Tobin examines this media practice through the players directly using the lens of the players and practice of the Nintendo DS system. He argues for the primacy of context for understanding how digital play functions in today's society, emphasizing location, "killing-time," and mobile communities.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. The Nintendo DS and Related Devices 3. Recommendations and Reviews 4. Interface Space 5. I'd Rather Sit and Play: Mobile Videogames at Home 6. Mobile Play In Transit

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BB1694039X
• ISBN:
  • 9781137396587
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 130 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 306.487
  • NDLC : KD958
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Computer games -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Nintendo video games
  • LCSH : Portable computerized instruments
  • LCSH : Mobile computing
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BB1163475X