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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Beteilige Person: Freyermuth, Gundolf S. 1955- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Deutsch
Veröffentlicht: transcript Verlag 2015
Schriftenreihe:Edition Medienwissenschaft 20
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Links:https://elibrary.utb.de/doi/book/10.5555/9783839429839
https://elibrary.utb.de/doi/book/10.5555/9783839429839
Zusammenfassung: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
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9783839429839