Videogame Formalism

On Form, Aesthetic Experience and Methodology

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

Av Alex Mitchell, Jasper Van Vught, Jasper Vught

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This book addresses issues through an exploration of the historical and theoretical roots of formalist approaches to videogame analysis, situating this approach within games studies, and arguing for its importance and applicability as a methodological toolkit and a theoretical framework for understanding the aesthetic experience of videogames.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-12-11
Mått156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt600 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieGames and Play
Antal sidor264
FörlagAmsterdam University Press
ISBN9789463720663

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Alex Mitchell teaches in the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore. His research investigates defamiliarization in gameplay, motivations for replaying story-focused games, authoring tools, and collaborative storytelling. He is a founding member of the executive board of the Association for Research in Interactive Digital Narratives (ARDIN). Jasper van Vught is assistant professor in the department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University (Netherlands). His research includes methodological challenges to studying games as texts and pedagogical challenges to teaching about them. He’s a core member of the Centre for the Study of Digital Games and Play.