Japanese Culture Through Videogames
Examining a wide range of Japanese videogames, including arcade fighting games, PC-based strategy games and console JRPGs, this book assesses their cultural significance and shows how gameplay and context can be analyzed together to understand videogames as a dynamic mode of artistic expression.Well-known titles such as Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Street Fighter and Katamari Damacy are evaluated in detail, showing how ideology and critique are conveyed through game narrative and character design as well as user interface, cabinet art, and peripherals. This book also considers how 'Japan' has been packaged for domestic and overseas consum…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-429-65594-4
- EAN: 9780429655944
- Produktnummer: 31315823
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 306 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 1'532 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 8 schwarz-weiße Fotos
Über den Autor
Rachael Hutchinson is Associate Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Delaware, USA. Her publications include Nagai Kafu's Occidentalism: Defining the Japanese Self (2011) and Negotiating Censorship in Modern Japan (2013).
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