Ludotopia - Spaces, Places and Territories in Computer Games

Where do computer games »happen«? The articles collected in this pioneering volume explore the categories of »space«, »place« and »territory« featuring in most general theories of space to lay the groundwork for the study of spatiality in games. Shifting the focus away from earlier debates on, e.g., the narrative nature of games, this collection proposes, instead, that thorough attention be given to the tension between experienced spaces and narrated places as well as to the mapping of both of these.

About the author

Stephan Günzel (Prof. Dr.) lehrt Medien- und Kulturtheorie an der University of Europe (Berlin).

Summary

Where do computer games »happen«? The articles collected in this pioneering volume explore the categories of »space«, »place« and »territory« featuring in most general theories of space to lay the groundwork for the study of spatiality in games. Shifting the focus away from earlier debates on, e.g., the narrative nature of games, this collection proposes, instead, that thorough attention be given to the tension between experienced spaces and narrated places as well as to the mapping of both of these.

Report

»Ein Sammelband, der das relativ breite Forschungsfeld zur Räumlichkeit digitaler Spiele um interessante Ansätze und Thesen erweitert.«

Markus Spöhrer, MEDIENwissenschaft, 2-3 (2020) 20200916

Product details

• Authors: Espen Aarseth
• Assisted by: Espe Aarseth (Editor), Espen Aarseth (Editor), Stephan Günzel (Editor), Günzel (Editor), Günzel (Editor), Stephan Günzel (Editor)
• Publisher: Transcript
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783837647303
• ISBN: 978-3-8376-4730-3
• No. of pages: 316
• Dimensions: 151 mm x 283 mm x 22 mm
• Weight: 498 g
• Illustrations: 100 schw.-w. Abb.
• Series: Edition Medienwissenschaft; Edition Medienwissenschaft; Media Studies; Media Studies (COL)
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Humanities (general); Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; Medientheorie, Medienwissenschaft, Internet / Politik, Gesellschaft, Space; Place; Maps; Media; Media Aesthetics; Media Theory; Media Studies