Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games

by Colin Harvey

Book Overview

Playing the Past brings together a group of interdisciplinary scholars to examine the complementary notions of history and nostalgia as they are expressed through video games and in gaming culture. The scope of these related concepts moves from the personal to the cultural, and essays in this collection address video game nostalgia as both an individual and societal phenomenon, connecting the fond memories many of us have of classic gaming to contemporary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826516017
• ISBN13: 9780826516015
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Vanderbilt University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"