Science Fiction Video Games

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How to Read This Book

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conventions. Hopefully these are mostly self-explanatory, but they

are detailed here to avoid any possibility of confusion.

Both science ction and video games have their own specialized vocab-

ularies, from “hyperspace” to “massively multiplayer online role playing

game.” In addition, this book makes use of a number of unusual critical

terms, some created by the author, such as “science and sorcery” or “envi-

ronmental narrative.” All of these terms are dened in a glossary at the

end of the book, and when they are used for the rst time in an isolated

section of ...