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Rez. Code aesthetics, videogame art

Rez. Code aesthetics, videogame art The first academic analysis of Mizuguchi's Rez, one of the most original videogames in the history of the medium.

Rez. Code Aesthetics, Videogame Art is now available.

Inside the Screen

Inside the Screen Agata Meneghelli investigates the god game genre, examining the spatial, temporal, and ludic conventions of such games as SimCity, The Sims, Age of Empires and Civilization.

Inside the Screen. Immersion and Interactivity in God Games is now available.

ICO. A fairy-tale for the digital age

ICO. A fairy-tale for the digital age Fumito Ueda's masterpiece is the subject of this original analysis by British writer Ben Mottershead. The author suggests that ICO inherited the legacy of 19th century fairy-tales.

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GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames

GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames is the first volume entirely dedicated to Game Art. Edited by Matteo Bittanti and Domenico Quaranta, GameScenes. Art in the Age of Videogames provides a detailed overview of the emerging field of Game Art, examining the complex interaction and intersection of art and videogames.

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Virtual Geographic

Virtual Geographic Virtual Geographic provides a series of illustrated essays on popular videogames. The books features a series of reportages in the virtual worlds, inspired by the National Geographic. Personal narratives, travelogues, explorations into (un)known lands.

Virtual Geographic is available now.

The World of the D'ni: Myst and Riven

The World of the D'ni: Myst and Riven "The World of the D'ni: Myst and Riven" is the first critical analysis of Robyn and Rand Miller's series.

The World of the D'ni: Myst and Riven is available now.

Silent Hill. The Terror Engine

Silent Hill. The Terror Engine Bernard Perron's investigation of Konami's survival horror series goes beyond the usual compare-and-contrast approaches with other similar texts, e.g. Resident Evil and Alone in the Dark. His transmedia analysis takes the reader for a literary, cinematic, and ludic journey they won't forget.

Silent Hill. The Terror Engine is available now.

Doom. The First Person Reader

Doom. The First Person Reader Doom. The First Person Reader is the first interdisciplinary volume to explore a range of topics regarding the aesthetics, politics and logics of the first person shooter genre, and specifically of id Software's Doom series, which gave birth to a new era of computer gaming.

Doom. The First Person Reader is available now.

Civilization. Virtual history, real fantasies

Civilization. Virtual history, real fantasies Civilization. Virtual History, Real Fantasies is the first interdisciplinary book that explores a range of topics regarding the aesthetics, politics and logics of Sid Meier's Civilization, its ideological implications and possible uses for education.

Civilization. Virtual History, Real Fantasies is available now.

Understanding Videogames

Understanding Videogames "Understanding videogames. Logics, Aesthetics and (V)ideologies" is a collection of essays that explore the gameplay, the aesthetics and the ideologies of digital games.

"Understanding videogames. Logics, Aesthetics and (V)ideologies" is available now.

 

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06 22 2009
GameScenes

News: GameScenes gets its own blog

by Matteo Bittanti
News: GameScenes gets its own blog GameScenes, originally a channel of videoludica.com dedicated to Game Art, is now a full-fledged blog edited by Matteo Bittanti.

06 22 2009
GameStudies

Essays: Computer Games Between Text and Practice

by Matteo Bittanti
Essays: Computer Games Between Text and Practice Italy's premier semiotics journal E/C has just published a fantastic collection of essays under the title "Computer Games. Between Text and Practice", edited by Patrick Coppock and Dario Compagno. The anthology - available in print form - can be freely accessed online as well.

05 04 2009
GameScenes

GameArt: Riley Harmon's Watermelons

by Matteo Bittanti
GameArt: Riley Harmon's Watermelons

Riley Harmon's latest installation, "A Watermelon in the World" is a playful take on Counter-Strike. 

 

03 13 2009
GameStudies

Event: Virtual Worlds (Mountain View, CA, March 30)

by Matteo Bittanti
On March 30 2009, the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California will host a one day conference on the origins and history of Virtual Worlds: panelists include one of the creators of the first avatars, a leading practitioner of in-world life, a business visionary behind the studio system of Virtual Worlds, and a journalist/pundit of in-world and off-world news and views of the inhabitants and industry. Bruce Damer, a Virtual Worlds pioneer, visionary and historian will lead off with a condensed history of the medium and then pose key questions to the panel and the audience about where the medium is today and where it may be headed. Henry Lowood will present the Stanford Humanities Lab and will discuss the challeges of digital game preservation.

03 02 2009
GameScenes

Websites: A-Maze

by Matteo Bittanti
Websites: A-Maze The A MAZE Festival "celebrates the convergence of computer games and art. Computer games are based on more than new technologies, they present a way of life surpassing the basics of fun and gameplay".

03 02 2009
GameScenes

Floating Points 6: Games of Culture/Art of Games (Emerson College, March 20-21)

by Matteo Bittanti
On March 21-22, Emerson College (Boston, MA) is hosting "Floating Points 6", which comprises a film Screening, Symposium and Workshops with Asi Burak, Anita Fontaine, Jesper Juul, Friedrich Kirschner, Marcin Ramocki, Jason Rohrer, Adriana de Souza Silva, Mushon Zer-Aviv.

12 30 2008
GameScenes

Game Art: Gamerz 04 (Aix-en-Provence, Jan 8 - Feb 6 2009)

by Matteo Bittanti
Game Art: Gamerz 04 (Aix-en-Provence, Jan 8 - Feb 6 2009) The excellent Game Art series of events Gamerz 04 continues! The fourth edition will take place in Aix-en-Provence, France between Jan 8 - Feb 6 2009.

12 30 2008
GameScenes

Game Art: Eva & Franco Mattes (Mumbai, Jan 9-24 2009)

by Matteo Bittanti
Game Art: Eva & Franco Mattes (Mumbai, Jan 9-24 2009) Digital artists Eva and Franco Mattes present a series of artworks at the "Galerie Mirchandani + Steinruecke" in Mumbai 400 001 between january 3 and 24: ‘Annoying Japanese Child Dinosaur’, ‘Reenactment of Imponderabilia by Marina Abramovic and Ulay’ (2007), ‘Reenactment of The Singing Sculpture by Gilbert & George’ (2007) and ‘Reenactment of Chris Burden’s Shoot’ (2007) plus a series of prints profiling topographies and interiorscapes.

11 17 2008
GameScenes

Game Art: OneAvatar @ Milano in Digitale (Milan, Nov 13 2008)

by Matteo Bittanti
Game Art: OneAvatar @ Milano in Digitale (Milan, Nov 13 2008) Salvatore Jaconesi and Oriana Persico presented "One Avatar" at Milano Digitale, a one-day art happening that focused on the intersections between art and digital culture. "One Avatar" is an installation featuring a 3D game in which players could shoot the OneAvatar character, causing electric shocks to hit the body of the player wearing the OneAvatar suit, creating a physical connection between our physical bodies and our identities in the digital worlds.

11 11 2008
GameStudies

Book: Les Cahiers du Jeu Vidéo

by Matteo Bittanti
Book: Les Cahiers du Jeu Vidéo Tony Fortin is the editor-in-chief of "Les Cahiers du Jeu Vidéo", a new series of thematic books on game culture currently on sale in France. The first volume focuses on the simulation of war. The criticism is multi-textual: aesthetic, ideological.

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