Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1 An introduction to understanding digital games -- Part one: History and production -- 2 A history of digital games -- 3 The business of making digital games -- 4 The economics of digital games -- 5 A player-centred approach to digital game design -- Part two: Theories and approaches -- 6 Literary theory and digital games -- 7 Film studies and digital games -- 8 Digital games as new media -- 9 Digital games and cultural studies -- 10 Community, identity and digital games -- Part three: Key debates -- 11 Digital games and gender -- 12 Digital games and the violence debate -- 13 Digital games and education -- Index.