Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games - Couverture souple

Reinhard, Andrew

 
9781785338731: Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1785338730 ISBN 13 : 9781785338731
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2018

Synopsis

A general introduction to archeogaming describing the intersection of archaeology and video games and applying archaeological method and theory into understanding game-spaces.

"[T]he author's clarity of style makes it accessible to all readers, with or without an archaeological background. Moreover, his personal anecdotes and gameplay experiences with different game titles, from which his ideas often develop, make it very enjoyable reading."--Antiquity

Video games exemplify contemporary material objects, resources, and spaces that people use to define their culture. Video games also serve as archaeological sites in the traditional sense as a place, in which evidence of past activity is preserved and has been, or may be, investigated using the discipline of archaeology, and which represents a part of the archaeological record.

From the introduction:
Archaeogaming, broadly defined, is the archaeology both in and of digital games... As will be described in the following chapters, digital games are archaeological sites, landscapes, and artifacts, and the game-spaces held within those media can also be understood archaeologically as digital built environments containing their own material culture... Archaeogaming does not limit its study to those video games that are set in the past or that are treated as "historical games," nor does it focus solely on the exploration and analysis of ruins or of other built environments that appear in the world of the game. Any video game--from Pac-Man to Super Meat Boy--can be studied archaeologically.

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À propos de l?auteur

Andrew Reinhard is a Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Project Director for Metcalf Archaeological Consultants and is also a Research Affiliate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) at New York University. He is editor of the series Digital Archaeology: Documenting the Anthropocene published by Berghahn.

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Éditeur
Berghahn Books
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785338730
ISBN 13 
9781785338731
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
236
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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