TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brandenburg,Aurelia
AU  - Brandis,Rüdiger
AU  - Elliott,Andrew B.R.
AU  - Friedrich,Jörg
AU  - Horswell,Mike
AU  - Ivănescu,Andra
AU  - Keilbart,Lara
AU  - Lorber,Martin
AU  - Mol,Angus A.A.
AU  - Nolden,Nico
AU  - Pfister,Eugen
AU  - Schwarz,Angela
AU  - Winnerling,Tobias
AU  - Zimmermann,Felix
TI  - History in Games: Contingencies of an Authentic Past 
T2  - Bild und Bit
SN  - 9783837654202
PY  - 2020///]
CY  - Bielefeld : 
PB  - transcript Verlag, 
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
KW  - Computer games
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Digital media
KW  - Computer Games
KW  - Cultural History
KW  - Digital Media
KW  - Games
KW  - Media Studies
KW  - Media
KW  - Memory Culture
KW  - Popular Culture
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Table of Contents --; Preface and Acknowledgments --; Introduction --; History as told by the Game --; Quarry - Playground - Brand --; Why History in Digital Games matters --; Social Practices of History in Digital Possibility Spaces --; Tracing the Past with Digital Games --; Authenticity in and of History --; History in Video Games and the Craze for the Authentic --; Crusading Icons --; The Auteur and the 80s Mixtape --; Queer Authenticity in the History of Games --; The Politics of Authenticity --; "If it's a fantasy world, why bother trying to make it realistic?" Constructing and Debating the Middle Ages of THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT --; How to Get Away with Colonialism --; Toying with History --; You Do Have Responsibility! --; Contributors; restricted access
N2  - Where do we end up when we enter the time machine that is the digital game? One axiomatic truth of historical research is that the past is the time-space that eludes human intervention. Every account made of the past is therefore only an approximation. But how is it that strolling through ancient Alexandria can feel so real in the virtual world? Claims of authenticity are prominent in discussions surrounding the digital games of our time. What is historical authenticity and does it even matter? When does authenticity or the lack thereof become political? By answering these questions, the book illuminates the ubiquitous category of authenticity from the perspective of historical game studies
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839454206?locatt=mode:legacy
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9783839454206
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9783839454206/original
ER  -