Daniel L. Gardner, "Thresholds of Digital Gameplay" (MIT Press, 2025)

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Contemporary digital gameplay is only accessible by navigating an ecosystem of interfaces that support its computational nature. Account logins, controllers, and an assortment of menus, settings, and other peripheral-to-...

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