Playing the Past

History and Nostalgia in Video Games

Zach Whalen, Laurie N. Taylor (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

296 Seiten

2008
Vanderbilt University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8265-1600-8 (ISBN)

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Brings together an eclectic group of young scholars to examine the complementary notions of history and nostalgia as they are expressed through video games and in gaming culture. By focusing on specific games, historical periods and media ecologies, this work looks at the related topics of nostalgia for classic gaming.

Playing the Past brings together an eclectic group of young scholars to examine the complementary notions of history and nostalgia as they are expressed through video games and in gaming culture. By focusing on specific games (e.g., Ms. Pac-Man and JFK: Reloaded), historical periods and media ecologies, these essays collectively take an in depth look at the related topics of nostalgia for classic gaming, gaming and histories of other media, and representations of real history in video games.

Laurie N. Taylor, PhD, researches video games and digital media at the University of Florida. Her articles have appeared in Game Studies: The International Journal of Computer Game Research, Media/Culture, Computers and Composition Online and Works & Days. Zach Whalen, a PhD Fellow at the University of Florida, edits the game studies blog Gameology.org and is Production Editor for ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.11.2008
Zusatzinfo	43 images, index, bibliography
Verlagsort	Tennessee
Sprache	englisch
Maße	173 x 238 mm
Gewicht	568 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele
ISBN-10	0-8265-1600-9 / 0826516009
ISBN-13	978-0-8265-1600-8 / 9780826516008
Zustand	Neuware