Critical Gaming: Interactive History and Virtual Heritage

ISBN-13: 9780367598211 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 232 str.

Erik Champion

Opis

The inter-relationship between digital humanities and digital games is surprisingly seldom investigated. This book explains how games and virtual environments can be used in teaching and research to critique issues and topics in virtual heritage and interactive history. Individual chapters highlight the importance of visualisation, rituals, role-pl

Recenzje

"...proposes a number of intriguing and provocative suggestions, relating to both our theoretical understanding of games and in giving more empirical recommendations for the future of heritage- or simulation-focused gaming experiences, and lays the groundwork for potentially fascinating developments in coming decades." - Mark R. Johnson, University of York

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Digital Humanities and the Limits of Text; Chapter 2 Game-based Learning and the Digital Humanities; Chapter 3 Virtual Reality; Chapter 4 Game-based History and Historical Simulations; Chapter 5 Virtual Heritage and Digital Culture; Chapter 6 Worlds, Roles and Rituals; Chapter 7 Joysticks of Death, Violence and Morality; Chapter 8 Intelligent Agents, Drama and Cinematic Narrative; Chapter 9 Biofeedback, Space and Place; Chapter 10 Applying Critical Thinking and Critical Play;

O autorze

Erik Champion is Professor of Cultural Visualisation at the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, Curtin University, Australia.