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(Not) in the Game : History, Paratexts, and Games / edited by Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Video games and the humanities v. 13.
- Video Games and the Humanities ; volume 13
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--History--Case studies.
- Video games.
- History in video games.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Oldenbourg, [2023]
- Summary:
- Histories of Hearts of Iron IV: Understanding the past(s) through HOI4 Wiki -- Video game fanvids as paratexts and as texts -- Section 4: Game production and paratexts -- Video games with footnotes: Understanding in-game developer commentary -- Artefact, advert, or advertising? Getting to grips with game trailers -- Making sense of gameswork: University marketing materials as games paratexts -- Section 5: Paratextual practices of play -- "On a scale of 1-5, what floor are you on?" Practising methodologies of fun and play with transformative communities -- Conclusion -- Glossary.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Introduction: Video games as networked texts
- Section 1: Games and paratexts - a theoretical approach
- De-centralising the text: The text-paratext relationship of video games
- Paratexts, "authenticity," and the margins of digital (game) history
- Section 2: History as game paratext and games as historical paratexts
- Account, accuracy, and authenticity: A framework for analysing historical narrative in games
- The past as (para)text - relating histories of game experience to games as texts
- Section 3: Game reception and paratexts
- Histories of Hearts of Iron IV: Understanding the past(s) through HOI4 Wiki
- Video game fanvids as paratexts and as texts
- Section 4: Game production and paratexts
- Video games with footnotes: Understanding in-game developer commentary
- Artefact, advert, or advertising? Getting to grips with game trailers
- Making sense of gameswork: University marketing materials as games paratexts
- Section 5: Paratextual practices of play
- "On a scale of 1-5, what floor are you on?" Practising methodologies of fun and play with transformative communities
- Conclusion
- Glossary
- Author information.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9783110732993
- 9783110732924
- 3110732920
- OCLC:
- 1394119474
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