There are an increasing number of courses on digital games and gaming, following the rise in the popularity of games themselves. Amongst these practical courses, there are now theoretical courses appearing on gaming on media, film and cultural studies degree programmes.

The aim of this book is to satisfy the need for a single accessible textbook which offers a broad introductions to the range of literatures and approaches currently contributing to digital game research.

Each of the chapters will outline key theoretical perspectives, theorists and literatures to demonstrate their relevance to, and use in, the study of digital games.

Jason Rutter is a Research Fellow at the Manchester Institute for Innovation Research (MIoIR) where he works primarily in the areas of leisure technologies (especially digital gaming) as well as counterfeiting and piracy of digital content.

Jo Bryce is a senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Central
Lancashire. She has extensive research experience on the psychological
and social aspects of information communications technologies (ICTs),

including mobile devices, the Internet and computer gaming.随着游戏本身受欢迎程度的提高，关于数字游戏和游戏的课程也越来越多。在这些实践课程中，现在也出现了媒体、电影和文化研究学位课程中的游戏理论课程。

本书的目的是满足人们对一本单一的易读教科书的需求，该书对目前有助于数字游戏研究的一系列文献和方法进行了广泛介绍。

每一章都将概述关键的理论观点、理论家和文学作品，以证明它们与数字游戏研究的相关性和用途。

杰森-鲁特是曼彻斯特创新研究所（MIoIR）的研究员，他主要从事休闲技术（尤其是数字游戏）以及数字内容的伪造和盗版领域的研究。

乔-布莱斯是中央大学心理学的高级讲师。

兰开夏大学的心理学高级讲师。她在信息通信技术的心理和社会方面有广泛的研究经验。

她在信息通信技术（ICTs）的心理和社会方面有着广泛的研究经验。

包括移动设备、互联网和电脑游戏。