Traveling Through Video Games

This book unlocks an understanding of video games as virtual travel. It explains how video game design increasingly takes cues from the promotional language of tourism, and how this connection raises issues of power and commodification.

List of contents

1. Introduction
2. It's All Under Control
3. King of the Sandbox
4. Bigger on the Inside
5. You Can Stay Here
6. When Here Becomes There
7. Conclusion

About the author

Tom van Nuenen is a researcher and educator in data science and algorithmic culture. He works as a Lecturer and Assistant Project Scientist at the University of California at Berkeley, USA.

Product details

• Authors: Tom van Nuenen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032519500
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3251950-0
• No. of pages: 110
• Series: Routledge Advances in Game Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History, Media Studies, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, TRAVEL / Reference, The arts, Humanities, Human Geography, Games development & programming, Tourism industry, Games development and programming, Retail and wholesale industries, Digital Animation