Games, game design, game studies: an introduction

How did games rise to become the central audiovisual form of expression and storytelling in digital culture? How did the practices of their artistic production come into being? How did the academic analysis of the new medium's social effects and cultural meaning develop?Addressing these fundame...

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Main Author: Freyermuth, Gundolf S. 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:German
Published: transcript Verlag 2015
Series:Edition Medienwissenschaft 20
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Summary:How did games rise to become the central audiovisual form of expression and storytelling in digital culture? How did the practices of their artistic production come into being? How did the academic analysis of the new medium's social effects and cultural meaning develop?Addressing these fundamental questions and aspects of digital game culture in a holistic way for the first time, Gundolf S. Freyermuth's introduction outlines the media-historical development phases of analog and digital games, the history and artistic practices of game design, as well as the history, academic approaches, and most important research topics of game studies
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9783839429839

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