"StarCraft" Fan Craft: Game Mods, Ownership, and Totally Incomplete Conversions.

An essay is presented on the role of consumer modifications and total conversions (TCs) in the success of the computer game "Starcraft." The author notes how incomplete attempts by game players and enthusiasts to modify the game using images and elements of copyrighted properties such as the Star Wa...

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Publicado en:Velvet Light Trap: A Critical Journal of Film & Television no. 64; pp. 50 - 64
Autor principal: Johnson, Derek
Formato: Essay
Publicado: University of Texas Press Fall2009
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