The EA Access preview opens three of the campaign missions, all focusing on an elite pilot for the Empire with the story starting at the Battle of Endor. Few games are able to be successful without one (kudos to you, Overwatch), and Battlefront I did okay without one, but it just felt a little empty. Juul has combined player ethnography, developer interviews, and informed analysis to produce an exemplary piece of game research.The addition of a campaign is a very welcome improvement. I wouldn’t be surprised to find this book sitting on the shelves of game developers, marketers, and scholars. “A thoughtful examination of casual gaming. Tracy Fullerton, Director, USC Game Innovation Lab, USC School of Cinematic Arts, Interactive Media Division Juul pushes past the prejudice that casual games are somehow lesser experiences and presents a multifaceted view of ‘casualness,’ casual players and the non-trivial role of these deeply engaging games in our social and cultural lives.” “ A Casual Revolution is a hard look at the unique characteristics of games outside of the hardcore. Sean Baptiste, Manager of Community Development, Harmonix Music Systems Jesper Juul makes sense of the shifting terrain of video game audiences and proves to be one of the finest minds in video games. “An indispensible read for anyone interested or working in the field of video games. " A Casual Revolution is indispensable for summarising the current videogame industry, removing casual prejudices at every page." "Jesper Juul’s latest book, The Casual Revolution, outlines the basic design principles of these games, corrects misconceptions about how they work, and makes the argument for designers to break out of their own perspectives." Nick Montfort, author of Twisty Little Passages and Racing the Beam. "A Casual Revolution will be valuable for academics and those in industry, and will help keep the sun shining on games." "A trenchant look at the rise of casual gaming". Jesper Juul's "A Casual Revolution" explains what happened, and why." It was the first sign that something was fundamentally shifting in the videogame industry. ![]() "Crowds mobbed Nintendo's booth, clamoring to play it, rushing past the fancier Xbox and Playstation demonstrations. "Jesper Juul’s “A Casual Revolution” is a deftly argued and thoroughly researched recommendation." ![]() One of the Five Essential Books on Video Games. Oh, and on top of all that, it's just plain fun to read." A succinct, informative, thoughtful examination of the forces that have been, as its subtitle says, reinventing video games and their players.
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