Name: Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence (en Inglés)
Price: 52.06 USD
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Author: James Newman
ISBN: 9780415577922

portada Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence (en Inglés)

Formato

Libro Físico

Editorial

Routledge

Autor

James Newman

Año

2012

Idioma

Inglés

N° páginas

192

Encuadernación

Tapa Blanda

ISBN

0415577926

ISBN13

9780415577922

N° edición

Categorías

Juegos de ordenador y en línea

Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence (en Inglés)

James Newman (Autor) · Routledge · Tapa Blanda

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Reseña del libro "Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence (en Inglés)"

Despite record sales and an ever-growing global industry, the simple fact is that videogames are disappearing. Most obviously, the physical deterioration of discs, cartridges, consoles and controllers means that the data and devices will crumble to dust and eventually will be lost forever. However, there is more to the disappearance of videogames than plastic corrosion and bit rot. Best Before examines how the videogames industry's retail, publishing, technology design, advertising and marketing practices actively produce obsolescence, wearing out and retiring old games to make way for the always new, just out of reach, 'coming soon' title and 'next generation' platform. Set against the context of material deterioration and the discursive production of obsolescence, Best Before examines the conceptual and practical challenges faced within the nascent field of game preservation. Understanding videogames as rich, complex and mutable texts and experiences that are supported and sustained by cultures of gameplay and fandom, Best Before considers how - and even whether - we might preserve and present games for future generations.