Ringbearers: *The Lord of the Rings Online* as Intertextual Narrative

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A focused analytical and investigative study of the game The Lord of the Rings Online from a range of cultural and design perspectives written by well-known experts in their fields. The essays collected here make an important contribution to the development of contemporary Game Studies, as well as to Media Studies and Adaptation Studies. -- .

Justin Parsler is a Lecturer in Games Studies at Brunel University and a professional game designer.. Dr Esther MacCallum-Stewart is a Lecturer in Games Studies and New Media at the University of Chichester, and a Research Fellow at SMARTlab, The University of East London.. Tanya Krzywinska is a Professor in Screen Studies at Brunel University. -- .

."..The book is enjoyably interesting, delightfully stimulating. Like a gamer who has come to the end of a game, the reader of this volume wants more: more in-depth development of some of the brilliant points and the fascinating ideas each essay makes. This collection of essays is certainly groundbreaking, no doubt about it, but I look forward to seeing the "expansion package" of this book..." -Carol L. Robinson, "Medievally Speaking" ." . . The book is enjoyably interesting, delightfully stimulating. Like a gamer who has come to the end of a game, the reader of this volume wants more: more in-depth development of some of the brilliant points and the fascinating ideas each essay makes. This collection of essays is certainly groundbreaking, no doubt about it, but I look forward to seeing the 'expansion package' of this book . . ." - Carol L. Robinson, "Medievally Speaking"