Playing Utopia

Playing Utopia - Futures in Digital Games

Futures in Digital Games
Herausgegeben:Beil, Benjamin; Freyermuth, Gundolf S.; Schmidt, Hanns Christian

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Produktbeschreibung

Media narratives inform our ideas of the future - and Games are currently making a significant contribution to this medial reservoir. On the one hand, Games demonstrate a particular propensity for fantastic and futuristic scenarios. On the other hand, they often serve as an experimental field for the latest media technologies. However, while dystopias are part of the standard gaming repertoire, Games feature utopias much less frequently. Why?This anthology examines playful utopias from two perspectives. It investigates utopias in digital Games as well as utopias of the digital game; that is, the role of ludic elements in scenarios of the future.

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Produktdetails

• Bild und Bit. Studien zur digitalen Medienkultur 10
• Verlag: TH Köln / transcript / transcript Verlag
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 152mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 498g
• ISBN-13: 9783837650501
• Artikelnr.: 57812422

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Beil (Prof. Dr.) is a professor of media studies and digital culture at the department of media culture and theatre at Universität zu Köln. His research interests include game studies, inter- and transmediality, digital media in museums, and participatory cultures.Gundolf S. Freyermuth (Prof. Dr.) is a professor of media and game studies and co-director of the Cologne Game Lab at TH Köln. He is also an associate professor of comparative media studies at ifs Internationale Filmschule Köln.Hanns Christian Schmidt is a professor for Game Design at Macromedia University for Applied Sciences (Cologne) and a research assistant at the Institute of Media Culture and Theater at the University of Cologne.

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