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Video Games as Art
A Communication-Oriented Perspective on the Relationship between Gaming and the Art
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Frank G. Bosman
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2022
About this book
Video games are a relative late arrival on the cultural stage. While the academic discipline of game studies has evolved quickly since the nineties of the last century, the academia is only beginning to grasp the intellectual, philosophical, aesthetical, and existential potency of the new medium. The same applies to the question whether video games are (or are not) art in and on themselves. Based on the Communication-Oriented Analysis, the authors assess the plausibility of games-as-art and define the domains associted with this question.
Author / Editor information
Franciscus G. Bosman and Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.
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Frontmatter
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Acknowledgements
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Contents
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Introduction
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1 Artists and Developers: The Utilitarian- Inspirational Domain
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2 Curators and Visitors: The Practical-Consensual Domain
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3 Legislators and Politicians: The Juridical- Political Domain
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4 Thinkers and Doubters: The Theoretical- Conceptual Domain
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Conclusions
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Index of Video Games
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Index of Authors
113
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
November 7, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9783110731019
Hardcover published on:
November 7, 2022
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110735130
Paperback published on:
June 17, 2024
Paperback ISBN:
9783111523187
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
8
Main content:
115
Coloured Illustrations:
7
Coloured Line drawings:
7
eBook ISBN:
9783110731019
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110735130
Paperback ISBN:
9783111523187
Audience(s) for this book
Scholars of history, popular uses of history, and art; Game scholars, Game designers, students
Creative Commons
BY-NC-ND 4.0
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Walter de Gruyter GmbH
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10785 Berlin
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