Computer Games as Landscape Art

by Peter Nelson and Peter Nelson

This book proposes that computer games are the paradigmatic form of contemporary landscape and offers a synthesis of art history, geography, game studies and play. Like paint on canvas, the game engine is taken as the underlying medium, and using the Valve Source Engine as the primary case study, it analyses landscapes according to the technical, economic and cultural features this medium affords. It presents the single-player first-person shooter...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3031376331
• ISBN13: 9783031376337
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 201 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"