Playing at war : identity and memory in Civil War video games / edited by Patrick A. Lewis and James Hill Welborn III.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Patrick A., 1984- editor.

Welborn, James Hill, III, editor.

Project Muse

Series:

American wars and popular culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

War video games--United States.

War video games.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns--Video games.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Computer simulation.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Historiography.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.

United States--In popular culture.

Lost Cause mythology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 343 pages.)

Other Title:

Identity and memory in Civil War video games

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2024]

Contents:

Scouting the Landscape of Civil War Game Studies

Playing with Accuracy: Research Methodology and Historical Accuracy in Civil War Video Games / Kathleen Logothetis Thompson

"Itching to Fight": Civil War Video Game Manuals and the Emotions of Playing at War / Katherine L. Brackett

Modeling "Clean Wars": The Civil War and Second World War in Grand Strategy Games / James Frusetta

Civil War-Based Game Modifications and Crowdsourced Historical Memory / Stephen J. Edwards and Blakeney K. Hill

Briefing on Civil War Causation and Gameplay Limitations, 1970s -1990s

Searching for Indigeneity in The Oregon Trail / John R. Legg

Interpreting Slavery through Video Games: The Story of Freedom! / Nicholas W. Sacco

Two-Bit History at 8-Bit Speed: Civil War Memory in North & South during the Resurgence of Console Gaming / James Hill Welborn III

Deployment to the Strategic Hex Grid and First-Person Shooters, 1990s -2000s

Sid Meier's Gettysburg! and Civil War Culture / Patrick A. Lewis

Party on the Hex Grid: Balancing Authenticity and Fun in Civil War Generals 2 / Christian McWhirter

The End Boss of the Union: Examining Virtual Fights for Washington, DC, in Civil War Video Games / Jacopo della Quercia and Erzsébet Fazekas

Combating Flawed Authenticity: The History Channel, A Nation Divided, and Civil War Memory / Charles R. Welsko

Next-Gen and Online Redeployment in the 2010s

Race, Slavery, and the United States Colored Troops in Ultimate General: Civil War / David Silkenat and Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.

What "Rights" Exactly? War of Rights, Education, and Civil War Memory in the Twenty-First Century / Daniel Farrell

Myth, Memory, and the Civil War's Looming Presence in Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood / Aaron M. Phillips

Slavery, the Civil War, and Memory in Red Dead Redemption 2 / Jonathan S. Jones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780807183458 (electronic bk.)

0807183458 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032466513

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.