UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER GAME CULTURE | THE CULTURAL SHAPING OF A NEW MEDIUM

Jan van Looy

ISBN 10: 383833213X / ISBN 13: 9783838332130

Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER GAME CULTURE | THE CULTURAL SHAPING OF A NEW MEDIUM | Jan van Looy | Taschenbuch | 280 S. | Englisch | 2010 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783838332130 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu. Codice articolo 101352873

Riassunto:

In the past few decades, video games have developed from a marginal technological experiment into a mainstream medium. During this period they have gone through several transformations, from arcade machines offering a few minutes of solitary fun for a quarter to monthly subscription-based online MMOs in which thousands of players spend hundreds or even thousands of hours and lead a significant part of their social life as a fantasy character. But what is it that has driven video games? development? Is it technology? Indeed, with every new generation of hardware, game designers were given a broader set of tools for evoking exhilarating experiences. But is not culture at least as important? What would games look like if Tolkien never had written Lord of the Rings, or if Nintendo had not brought Japanese manga drawing styles to the new medium? This book looks at the theoretical challenges and foundations on which to base a cultural shaping approach towards the evolution of video games and proposes a set of concepts for analyzing and describing this process.

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Titolo: UNDERSTANDING COMPUTER GAME CULTURE | THE ...
Casa editrice: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Data di pubblicazione: 2010
Legatura: Taschenbuch
Condizione: Neu