War games : memory, militarism, and the subject of play /: memory, militarism, and the subject of play. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2019).
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