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Jaroslav Švelch
400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780262038843
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The MIT Press
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How amateur programmers in 1980s Czechoslovakia discovered games as a medium, using them not only for entertainment but also as a means of self-expression.Aside from the exceptional history of Tetris, very little is known about gaming culture behi...
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Jaroslav Švelch
400 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780262038843
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: The MIT Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
How amateur programmers in 1980s Czechoslovakia discovered games as a medium, using them not only for entertainment but also as a means of self-expression.Aside from the exceptional history of Tetris, very little is known about gaming culture behi...