Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Studies)
Language: English
Published by Wayne State University Press, 2012
Series: Book 47 of 112 - Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media
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- Title
- Before the Crash: Early Video Game History (Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media Studies)
- Author
- Wolf, Mark J. P.
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Publication year
- 2012
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- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
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- 0814334504
- ISBN 13
- 9780814334508
- Series
- Book 47 of 112: Contemporary Approaches to Film and Media
In twelve chapters, contributors consider much of what was going on during the pre-crash era: arcade games, home game consoles, home computer games, handheld games, and even early online games. The technologies of early video games are investigated, as well as the cultural context of the early period―from aesthetic, economic, industrial, and legal perspectives. Since the video game industry and culture got their start and found their form in this era, these years shaped much of what video games would come to be. This volume of early history, then, not only helps readers to understand the pre-crash era, but also reveals much about the present state of the industry.
Before the Crash will give readers a thorough overview of the early days of video games along with a sense of the optimism, enthusiasm, and excitement of those times. Students and teachers of media studies will enjoy this compelling volume.
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