Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Ian Bogost   Synopsis: This book features a critical approach that marries literary theory and information technology, reading digital and cultural artefacts - whether videogames, literature, or film - as configurative systems of interlocking units of meaning. In "Unit Operations", Ian Bogost argues that similar principles underlie both literary theory and computation, proposing a literary-technical theory that can be used to analyse particular videogames. Moreover, this approach can be applied beyond videogames: Bogost suggests that any medium - from videogames to poetry, literature, cinema, or art - can be read as a configurative system of discrete, interlocking units of meaning, and he illustrates this method of analysis with examples from all these fields. The marriage of literary theory and information technology, he argues, will help humanists take technology seriously and technologists better understand software and videogames as cultural artefacts. This approach is especially useful for the comparative analysis of digital and nondigital artefacts and allows scholars from other fields who are interested in studying videogames to avoid the esoteric isolation of "game studies." The richness of Bogost's comparative approach can be seen in his discussions of works by such philosophers and theorists as Plato, Badiou, Zizek and McLuhan and in his analysis of numerous videogames including Pong, Half-Life, and Star Wars Galaxies. Bogost draws on object technology and complex adaptive systems theory for his method of unit analysis, underscoring the configurative aspects of a wide variety of human processes. His extended analysis of freedom in large virtual spaces examines "Grand Theft Auto 3", "The Legend of Zelda", "Madame Bovary", and "Joyce's Ulysses". In "Unit Operations", Bogost not only offers a new methodology for videogame criticism but argues for the possibility of real collaboration between the humanities and information technology. Rezensionen ansehen...   Angebote zu  Unit ,  Operations ,  Approach  ab 1 Euro! Siehe auch folgende Artikel: Rules of Play: Game Design Fundamentals von Katie Salen Sonstige Artikel: 1x1 der Mikroskopie. Ein Praktikum für Einsteiger [Restexemplar] (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Bruno P. Kremer Gast-Häuser und historische Hotels in Italien (Gebundene Ausgabe) von Susanne Wess, Isabel Schickinger, Richard Rendler TINTO - Blaue Ausgabe: Tinto - Arbeitsheft 1 - Schreiben (blau) (Taschenbuch) von Rüdiger Urbanek Mehr zu  English Books,  Games & Strategy Guides,  Computers & Internet,  Graphic Design,  Pop Culture,  Video & Electronic Games,  Social Sciences,  Media Studies,  Sociology,  Unit Operations & Transport Phenomena Home ...,    Angebote ansehen ...,    Begleitseite ... Herausgeber dieser Seite ist DomainLoc.com GmbH - Partner von Amazon.de Copyright © DomainLoc.com GmbH (Impressum)