Video Games as Art: A Communication-Oriented Perspective on the Relationship between Gaming and the Art

Frank G. Bosman; Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen

Published by De Gruyter Oldenbourg 2022

Video Games as Art

A Communication-Oriented Perspective on the Relationship between Gaming and the Art

Frank G. Bosman and Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen

Volume 12 in the series Video Games and the Humanities

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110731019

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About this book

Video games are a relative late arrival on the cultural stage. While the academic discipline of game studies has evolved quickly since the nineties of the last century, the academia is only beginning to grasp the intellectual, philosophical, aesthetical, and existential potency of the new medium. The same applies to the question whether video games are (or are not) art in and on themselves. Based on the Communication-Oriented Analysis, the authors assess the plausibility of games-as-art and define the domains associted with this question.

Author / Editor information

Franciscus G. Bosman and Archibald L.H.M. van Wieringen, School of Catholic Theology, Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands.

Topics

Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 Artists and Developers: The Utilitarian- Inspirational Domain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
2 Curators and Visitors: The Practical-Consensual Domain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	44
3 Legislators and Politicians: The Juridical- Political Domain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
4 Thinkers and Doubters: The Theoretical- Conceptual Domain Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	76
Conclusions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
Index of Video Games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Index of Authors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Oldenbourg
Audience: Scholars of history, popular uses of history, and art; Game scholars, Game designers, students
Pages
- Front matter: 8
- Main content: 115
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 7
- Coloured Line drawings: 7
Keywords: art; digital games; communication-oriented analysis; video games

eBook

Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110731019

Hardcover

Published: November 7, 2022
ISBN: 9783110735130

Paperback

Planned Publication: June 17, 2024
ISBN: 9783111523187