https://free-game-textbook.org Free Game Textbook Sat, 11 Nov 2023 05:43:16 +0000 https://free-game-textbook.org en https://free-game-textbook.org/Overview Sat, 11 Nov 2023 05:43:16 +0000 Free Game Textbook https://free-game-textbook.org/Overview <img width="1400" height="611" width_o="1400" height_o="611" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/077992eeb27845a1ecd932bb53a74216fa51b27e3b1935e82e394ae499accfec/royal-game-of-ur.jpg" data-mid="196575537" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/077992eeb27845a1ecd932bb53a74216fa51b27e3b1935e82e394ae499accfec/royal-game-of-ur.jpg" /> 00 Introduction 0.1 What you will learn in this book. ︎ <img width="730" height="477" width_o="730" height_o="477" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/32569c42ad1e8d05b3d699d25795f6adf085f7b545d28b7189d8119dc16d8390/monolith.jpg" data-mid="196568507" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/730/i/32569c42ad1e8d05b3d699d25795f6adf085f7b545d28b7189d8119dc16d8390/monolith.jpg" /> 01 Setting the Scene 1.1 The Obelisk1.2 What is Video Game History, Anyways? 1.3&nbsp;What are Games? What is Play? 1.4&nbsp;Historical Theories of Play ︎ <img width="2091" height="1250" width_o="2091" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ab389918cd3d72d3749bbf27692bb8fd2028a39f0e37e0a82cb948f58ec8f0f0/Screenshot-2023-11-11-133753-copy.png" data-mid="196872689" border="0" src="//freight.cargo.site/w/800/q/75/i/ab389918cd3d72d3749bbf27692bb8fd2028a39f0e37e0a82cb948f58ec8f0f0/Screenshot-2023-11-11-133753-copy.png" style="width: 333.756px; height: 199.519px; display: none;"><img width="2091" height="1250" width_o="2091" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b4a63a33c15fccfbe75fa89ec700b272a8afe5f76fed4af87bf2150e32697ad/Screenshot-2023-11-11-133753-copy.png" data-mid="196874277" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b4a63a33c15fccfbe75fa89ec700b272a8afe5f76fed4af87bf2150e32697ad/Screenshot-2023-11-11-133753-copy.png" /> 02 Johan Huizinga and Theories of Play 2.1&nbsp;How to Read Homo Ludens 2.2 Squid Game and Homo Ludens ︎ <img width="1440" height="792" width_o="1440" height_o="792" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38f06972016678776e95283e994c6a7c76c8e2abd0eb2e6f3957fbf3830fe5de/first-computer1.png" data-mid="196874360" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38f06972016678776e95283e994c6a7c76c8e2abd0eb2e6f3957fbf3830fe5de/first-computer1.png" /> 03 Early Computers and Mainframe Games 3.1&nbsp;The Manhattan Project 3.2 Alan Turing and Claude Shannon 3.3&nbsp;How Would You Teach A Computer To Play Chess? ︎ <img width="1786" height="1046" width_o="1786" height_o="1046" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c09058e4d860295d4888f11d5111dbba2240690950500af9b5b4508f5662554b/Screenshot-2023-11-11-135005.png" data-mid="196876468" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c09058e4d860295d4888f11d5111dbba2240690950500af9b5b4508f5662554b/Screenshot-2023-11-11-135005.png" /> 04 Early Board Games 4.1 Early Board Games ︎ <img width="450" height="300" width_o="450" height_o="300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f990ed37db64272eab772918e00f53d60e5cf4084788d4153be9cf7cff796ac9/tiles_blue.png" data-mid="196878657" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/450/i/f990ed37db64272eab772918e00f53d60e5cf4084788d4153be9cf7cff796ac9/tiles_blue.png" /> 05&nbsp;Early Arcades and Electricity 5.1 Spacewar! vs. Computer Space vs. Galaxy Game5.2 Magnavox Odyssey5.3 A Brief History of Electrical Engineering5.3.1 Electricity 5.3.2 Components of Circuits 5.3.3 From Transistors to Microprocessors ︎ <img width="1993" height="982" width_o="1993" height_o="982" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a666f28ea848d9fd52c68e95d5193038b476bf6406f2e280e8fbf0c57b49ac87/Screenshot-2023-11-14-180105.png" data-mid="196893043" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a666f28ea848d9fd52c68e95d5193038b476bf6406f2e280e8fbf0c57b49ac87/Screenshot-2023-11-14-180105.png" /> 06 Are Games Harmful? 6.1 Everett Koop and Violence in Video Games ︎ <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b89f59127c9229defba575967d107cb367fff31ec1ef114ff3e09cb804fc706a/maxresdefault.jpg" data-mid="196893119" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b89f59127c9229defba575967d107cb367fff31ec1ef114ff3e09cb804fc706a/maxresdefault.jpg" /> 07 Family Values, Consoles and the American Video Game Bubble 7.1 Adventure Games7.2 Raster Graphics vs. Vector Graphics7.3 Space Invaders ︎ <img width="1200" height="675" width_o="1200" height_o="675" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c5bfef9d9ce7c65f57e540e65d93f4a1a8e10355c979d68d784eb0040bf4164/vintagemacintosh.jpg" data-mid="196893333" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c5bfef9d9ce7c65f57e540e65d93f4a1a8e10355c979d68d784eb0040bf4164/vintagemacintosh.jpg" /> 08 Macintoshinization ︎ <img width="1054" height="593" width_o="1054" height_o="593" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/20a7651dfad22c202bc4371f5fdc217b2f1ec835369cfd43c2c5d143212818ee/Screenshot-2023-11-14-181255.png" data-mid="196893430" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/20a7651dfad22c202bc4371f5fdc217b2f1ec835369cfd43c2c5d143212818ee/Screenshot-2023-11-14-181255.png" /> 09 Game Mechanics and Genres ︎ <img width="1519" height="892" width_o="1519" height_o="892" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e16a4ad58d27e8922d40cc049a8f3f5be97251915c978cbf43a353fbcee0dbf2/Screenshot-2023-11-14-180113.png" data-mid="196893267" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e16a4ad58d27e8922d40cc049a8f3f5be97251915c978cbf43a353fbcee0dbf2/Screenshot-2023-11-14-180113.png" /> 10&nbsp; Return of the Violence in Video Games ︎ <img width="1539" height="990" width_o="1539" height_o="990" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f1a3d5cf90522e4ef226b5ab137f2438238cbafa7b6b3e131eeb0f74aeaa6c1c/Screenshot-2023-11-14-181200.png" data-mid="196893424" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f1a3d5cf90522e4ef226b5ab137f2438238cbafa7b6b3e131eeb0f74aeaa6c1c/Screenshot-2023-11-14-181200.png" /> 11 Virtual Reality ︎