Videogame Formalism : On Form, Aesthetic Experience and Methodology / Jasper van Vught, Alex Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Alex, Author.

Van Vught, Jasper, Author.

Series:

Games and Play.

Games and Play ; Volume 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Games.

Video games--Authorship.

Video games.

Video games--Philosophy.

Video games--Structure.

Video games--Aesthetics.

Video games--Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2023]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Formalism is often used as an all-embracing term covering a range of ontological and methodological approaches in game studies, with little connection to the history or tradition of the approach in other fields. This dilutes the usefulness of the approach, and invites (often unfounded) criticism. Videogame Formalism addresses these 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. It presents an overview of how formalist approaches can provide insights into the ways games create aesthetic experiences through the use of poetic gameplay devices, and lays out a comprehensive yet flexible methodological framework for undertaking a formalist analysis of games. This approach is then demonstrated through a series of detailed examples and case studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Games and Play

Table of Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Preface

1. Introduction

2. On Videogame Form

3. On Aesthetic Experience

4. On Methodology

5. Applying Formalism

6. Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Authors

Index

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0https://www.aup.nl/en/publish/open-access

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Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9789048554232

9048554233

9781003709053

OCLC:

1390664009