Virtual History: How Videogames Portray the Past

ISBN-13: 9781138069084 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 220 str.

Martin Wainwright

Opis

Virtual History examines popular historical video games released over the last decade and explores their portrayal of history. Supported by examples and screenshots, it is useful for those studying the portrayal of history through videogames as well as media and world history more generally.

Spis treści

Introduction: History in the Videogame Age  1: Historians, Consumers, and the Videogame Industry  2: Theme and Mechanics  3: Contingency and Determinism  4: Economics and Resource Management  5: Ecology and Environment  6: Culture and Ethnicity  7: Gender  8: Violence and Oppression  Conclusion: The Future of the Virtual Past

O autorze

A. Martin Wainwright is Professor and History Department Chair at the University of Akron, Ohio. He has authored two books on Britain and India’s interactions during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He teaches courses on global history and the portrayal of history in videogames.