War games : memory, militarism, and the subject of play /: memory, militarism, and the subject of play. (2020)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- War games : memory, militarism, and the subject of play /: memory, militarism, and the subject of play. (2020)
- Main Title:
- War games : memory, militarism, and the subject of play
- Other Titles:
- Memory, militarism, and the subject of play
- Further Information:
- Note: Edited by Philip Hammond and Holger Pötzsch.
- Editors:
- Hammond, Phil, 1964-
Pötzsch, Holger - Contents:
- Introduction: Studying war and games / Philip Hammond and Holger Pötzsch -- Reality check : videogames as propaganda for inauthentic war / Philip Hammond -- Playing in the end times : wargames, resilience and the art of failure / Kevin McSorley -- The political economy of wargames : the production of history and memory in military video games / Emil Lundedal Hammar and Jamie Woodcock -- Understanding war game experiences : applying multiple player perspectives to game analysis / Kristine Jørgensen -- Playing the historical fantastic : zombies, mecha-Nazis and making meaning about the past through metaphor / Adam Chapman -- Machine(s) of narrative security : mnemonic hegemony and Polish games about violent conflicts / Piotr Sterczewski -- National memories and the First World War : the many sides of Battlefield 1 / Chris Kempshall -- Let's play war : cultural memory, celebrities and appropriations of the past / Stephanie de Smale -- The wargame legacy : how wargames shaped the roleplaying experience from tabletop to digital games / Dimitra Nikolaidou -- Critical war game development : lessons learned from Attentat 1942 / Vít Šisler -- Simulating war dynamics : a case study of the game-based learning exercise Mission Z: One Last Chance / Joakim Arnøy -- Positioning players as political subjects : forms of estrangement and the presentation of war in This war of mine and Spec ops: The Line / Holger Pötzsch -- Afterword: War/game / Matthew Thomas Payne.
- Publisher Details:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2020
- Copyright Date:
- 2020
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages)
- Subjects:
- 793.9/2
Computer war games -- Social aspects
Video games -- Social aspects
War -- Computer simulation -- Social aspects
Video games industry
Video games industry
Video games -- Social aspects
Electronic books - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 1501351176
9781501351167
1501351168
9781501351174 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781501351150
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.488612
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