Video Games between Postcolonialism and Postcommunism

This volume sets out to investigate video games' complex entanglement with colonial legacies. By means of its methodological diversity, it offers a rich perspective on the ideological working of coloniality in video games at the intersection with multiple other power structures and economic systems. Besides Global North/South and West/East tensions, it also focuses on postcommunist contexts and their bearings on video games.

About the author

Andrei Nae
, Lecturer, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania.

Summary

This volume sets out to investigate video games’ complex entanglement with colonial legacies. By means of its methodological diversity, it offers a rich perspective on the ideological working of coloniality in video games at the intersection with multiple other power structures and economic systems. Besides Global North/South and West/East tensions, it also focuses on postcommunist contexts and their bearings on video games.

Product details

• Authors: Andrei Nae
• Assisted by: Andrei Nae (Editor)
• Publisher: Oldenbourg
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2025
• EAN: 9783111622514
• ISBN: 978-3-11-162251-4
• No. of pages: 271
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 20 mm x 236 mm
• Weight: 500 g
• Series: Video Games and the Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Postkolonialismus, Postkommunismus, Kulturwissenschaften, Kolonialismus und Imperialismus, Cultural Studies, Videospiele, Video Games, Postcolonialism, Computerspiele-Design, HIS000000 HISTORY / General, Kalte Kriege und Stellvertreterkonflikte, POL010000 POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, HIS035000 HISTORY / Study & Teaching, GAM013000 GAMES & ACTIVITIES / Video & Electronic, postcommunism