Early modernity and video games / edited by Tobias Winnerling and Florian Kerschbaumer

Date : 2014

Type : Livre / Book

Langue / Language : anglais / English

ISBN : 978-1-443-85394-1

ISBN : 1-443-85394-1

EAN : 9781443853941

Jeux vidéo

Jeux vidéo -- Société

Jeux vidéo et histoire

Jeux vidéo -- Thèmes, motifs

Winnerling, Tobias (19..-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Kerschbaumer, Florian (19..-....) (Editeur scientifique / editor)

Résumé / Abstract : La 4e de couverture indique "We cannot think of modern society without also thinking of video games. And we cannot think of video games without thinking of history either. Games that deal with history are sold in ever-increasing numbers, striving to create increasingly lively images of things past. For the science of history, this means that the presentation of historical content in such games has to be questioned, as well as the conceptions of history they embody. How do games create the feeling that they portray a past"