Benjamin Nicoll

Minor Platforms in Videogame History

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Produktbeschreibung

In Minor Platforms in Videogame History, Benjamin Nicoll argues that 'minor' game histories are anything but insignificant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 487g
• ISBN-13: 9789462988286
• ISBN-10: 9462988285
• Artikelnr.: 57021497

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Nicoll is a Lecturer in Digital Media and Communication in the School of Communication and a member of the Digital Media Research Centre at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Introduction - Failed
forgotten
or overlooked? Methods for historicizing minor platforms 1. Ways of seeing game history: The Vectrex as a transitional platform 2. Articulations of videogame piracy: The Zemmix as a decolonial platform 3. Domesticating the arcade: The Neo Geo as an imaginary platform 4. A dialectic of obsolescence? The Sega Saturn as a residual platform 5. 'How history arrives': Twine as a minor platform Conclusion - 'Something new in the old
Notes
Bibliography
Index