Playing with the past : digital games and the simulation of history /: digital games and the simulation of history. (2013 copyright 2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Andrew B.R. Elliott.
• Other Names: Kapell, Matthew editor of compilation.; Elliott, Andrew B. R
• Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements1. Introduction: To Build a Past that Will "Stand the Test of Time": Discovering Historical Facts, Assembling Historical Narratives, Andrew B.R. Elliott and Matthew Wilhelm Kapell Part I: History as a Process: Teleology, Causation and Technological Determinism2. The Same River Twice: Historical Representation and the Value of Exploring Societal Concepts in the Total War, Civilization, and Age of Empires Franchises, Rolfe Daus Peterson, Andrew Miller and Sean Joseph Fedorko 3. What is "Old" in Videogames? Dan Reynolds 4. "Affording History": Applying the Ecological Approach to Historical Videogames, Adam Chapman Part II: History written by the West: Self, Other and Non-Western History5. Phantasms of Rome: Video Games and Cultural Identity, Emily Joy Bembeneck 6. Modeling Indigenous Peoples: Unpacking Ideology in Sid Meier's Colonization, Rebecca Mir and Trevor Owens 7.-- Dominance and The Aztec Empire: Representations in Age of Empires II and Medieval Total War II, Joshua D. Holdenried with Nicolas Tre;panier8. From History to Literature to Game: Three Kingdoms and the Cultural Significance of Asian History, Hyuk-chan Kwon 9. Falling in Love with History: Japanese Girls and Otome Games, Kazumi Hasegawa Part III: User-Generated History: Realism, Authenticity and the Playable Past10. Selective Authenticity and the Playable Past, Andrew J. Salvati and Jonathan M. Bullinger 11. The Promise of Simulation: Realism, Authenticity, Virtuality, Josef Kustlbauer 12. Modding the Historians' Code: Historical Verisimilitude and the Counterfactual Imagination, Tom Apperley 13. Modding as Historical Reenactment: A Case Study of the Battlefield Series, Gareth CrabtreePart IV: The Politics of Representation: Authenticity and Realism14. Historical Veneers: Anachronism, Simulation and History in Assassin's Creed II, Douglas N. Dow 15. Air Power vs. -- Processing Power: Technology and Narrative Possibilities in WWI Video Gaming, Andrew Wackerfuss 16. Videogames in the popular Culture of Remembrance of the Cold War: A Case Study of Call of Duty: Black Ops, Clemens Reisner 17. Refighting the Cold War: Video Games and Speculative History, Marcus SchulzkePart V: Looking Back on the End of the World: History as Utopian Possibility 18. Strategic Digital Defense: Video Games and Reagan's 'Star Wars' Program, 1980-1987, William M. Knoblauch 19. Fallout and the History of Yesterday's Impossible Tomorrow, Joseph A. November 20. History Out of Time: Fallout's Ironic America, Tom Cutterham21. The Historical Conception of Biohazard in Biohazard, Robert Mejia and Ryuta Komaki22. The Struggle with Gnosis: Ancient Religion and Future Technology in the Xenosaga Series, Erin Evans 23. Conclusion: Playing at True Myths, Engaging with Authentic Histories, Matthew Wilhelm Kapell and Andrew B.R. ElliottIndex.
• Publisher Details: New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (400 pages)
• Subjects: 793.932; General & world history; History -- Study and teaching -- Simulation methods; Electronic games; History -- General; Social Science -- Media Studies; Media studies
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781623568245; 1623568242
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