Bounce: Balls, Walls, and Bodies in Games and Play

A lively and insightful account that follows the bouncing ball through the history of nonelectronic and electronic games.

Bounce follows an array of bouncing balls through the histories of nonelectronic and electronic games, across the spectrum of play, game, and sport, and into the domains of physics, material science, animation, and computing. The book’s focus on bounce sidesteps the focus on play found in much of the game studies literature and broadens the scope of game history by spotli...