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War Games - Memory, Militarism and the Subject of Play (Hardcover)
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War Games - Memory, Militarism and the Subject of Play (Hardcover)
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Many of today's most commercially successful videogames, from Call
of Duty to Company of Heroes, are war-themed titles that play out
in what are framed as authentic real-world settings inspired by
recent news headlines or drawn from history. While such games are
marketed as authentic representations of war, they often provide a
selective form of realism that eschews problematic, yet salient
aspects of war. In addition, changes in the way Western states wage
and frame actual wars makes contemporary conflicts increasingly
resemble videogames when perceived from the vantage point of
Western audiences. This interdisciplinary volume brings together
scholars from games studies, media and cultural studies, politics
and international relations, and related fields to examine the
complex relationships between military-themed videogames and
real-world conflict, and to consider how videogames might deal with
history, memory, and conflict in alternative ways. It asks: What is
the role of videogames in the formation and negotiation of cultural
memory of past wars? How do game narratives and designs position
the gaming subject in relation to history, war and militarism? And
how far do critical, anti-war/peace games offer an alternative or
challenge to mainstream commercial titles?
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