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Players unleashed! modding The Sims and the culture of gaming

A compelling examination of the practice and implications of modding as they apply to the best-selling computer game The Sims.

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  • "The author of this informative study explores the question of what happens when players practise and negotiate computer code, various ideologies, and the game itself by modding (modifying a game) in the context of "The Sims", the bestselling computer game of all time. Sihvonen examines the technical and material specificities of "The Sims" mods, as well as their cultural context. Viewed as a manifestation of participatory culture, modding makes PC games ultimately malleable: players reconfigure the game by creating new content, altering the code and changing the behaviours of the game engine. Using a semiotic framework, Sihvonen suggests a signification process that includes representation, interpretation, investigation and experimentation with the game system and rules."
  • "A compelling examination of the practice and implications of modding as they apply to the best-selling computer game The Sims."@en

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  • "Livres électroniques"
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  • "Players Unleashed! : modding The Sims and the Culture of Gaming"
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  • "Players Unleashed! : Modding the Sims and the Culture of Gaming"
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  • "Players unleashed! : modding the Sims and the culture of gaming"
  • "Players Unleashed ! Modding The Sims and the Culture of Gaming"
  • "Players unleashed! : modding The Sims and the culture of gaming"
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