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Games | Game Design | Game Studies
How did games rise to become the central audiovisual form of expression and storytelling in digital culture? How did the practices of their artistic production come into being? How did the academic analysis of the new medium's social effects and cultural meaning develop? Addressing these fundamental questions and aspects of digital game culture in a holistic way for the first time, Gundolf S. Freyermuths introduction outlines the media-historical development phases of analog and digital games, the history and artistic practices of game design, as well as the history, academic approaches, and most important research topics of game studies.
Paratextualizing Games
This anthology examines paratexts that gaming cultures have produced as well as the way in which paratexts influence the development of games. How is knowledge about games generated and shaped today and how do boundaries between (popular) criticism, journalism, and scholarship have started to blur?
Games | Game Design | Game Studies
How did games rise to become the central audiovisual form of expression and storytelling in digital culture? How did the practices of their artistic production come into being? How did the academic analysis of the new medium's social effects and cultural meaning develop? Addressing these fundamental questions and aspects of digital game culture in a holistic way for the first time, Gundolf S. Freyermuth's introduction outlines the media-historical development phases of analog and digital games, the history and artistic practices of game design, as well as the history, academic approaches, and most important research topics of game studies.
Games | Game Design | Game Studies
How did games rise to become the central audiovisual form of expression and storytelling in digital culture? How did the practices of their artistic production come into being? How did the academic analysis of the new medium's social effects and cultural meaning develop? Addressing these fundamental questions and aspects of digital game culture in a holistic way for the first time, Gundolf S. Freyermuth's introduction outlines the media-historical development phases of analog and digital games, the history and artistic practices of game design, as well as the history, academic approaches, and most important research topics of game studies. With contributions by André Czauderna, Nathalie Pozzi and Eric Zimmerman.
That's It. A Final Visit With Charles Bukowski
'That's It' is an intimate and informative portrait of Charles Bukowski. Based on the very last interview he gave, the book combines reporting with literary criticism. It renders a final and lasting picture of Charles Bukowski and assesses his importance as a writer. A 'must read' for Bukowski fans.
Reise in die Verlorengegangenheit
Die "Reise in die Verlorengegangenheit" erzählt vom deutschen Exil - von dem Exodus der kulturellen Elite, mit dem 1933 die Teilung der deutschen Kultur begann. Freyermuths Reise führt vom Berlin der Gegenwart in das von Nazi-Truppen umstellte Marseille, das letzte Schlupfloch der "Falle Europa". In sechs exemplarischen Portraits deutscher Emigranten werden die halbverwischten Spuren dieses wichtigen Teils unserer Geschichte gesichert. Aus einzelnen Schicksalen, Anekdoten und Erinnerungen der portraitierten Künstler weitet sich die Erzählung zu einer Geschichte des deutschen Exils. Gespräche mit Berliner Künstlern, Kulturpolitikern und Intellektuellen über die Vergangenheit von Exil u...
Playful Materialities
Game culture and material culture have always been closely linked. Analog forms of rule-based play (ludus) would hardly be conceivable without dice, cards, and game boards. In the act of free play (paidia), children as well as adults transform simple objects into multifaceted toys in an almost magical way. Even digital play is suffused with material culture: Games are not only mediated by technical interfaces, which we access via hardware and tangible peripherals. They are also subject to material hybridization, paratextual framing, and processes of de-, and re-materialization.
Gaming the Metaverse
After the change from »Facebook« to »Meta« everyone talked about the Metaverse, only to dismiss it shortly after as new advances in AI emerged. Regardless of whether or not it is the focus of media attention, the development of the Metaverse has never stopped. The contributors to this volume outline past »imaginations« and recent »achievements.« As academic and industry experts, they trace the term Metaverse through literary, media, and cultural history and provide insights into recent applications and their technical, social, cultural, and economic implications.
Playing Utopia
Media narratives inform our ideas of the future - and Games are currently making a significant contribution to this medial reservoir. On the one hand, Games demonstrate a particular propensity for fantastic and futuristic scenarios. On the other hand, they often serve as an experimental field for the latest media technologies. However, while dystopias are part of the standard gaming repertoire, Games feature utopias much less frequently. Why? This anthology examines playful utopias from two perspectives. It investigates utopias in digital Games as well as utopias of the digital game; that is, the role of ludic elements in scenarios of the future.
