Description
| Product ID: | 9781032519487 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Advances in Game Studies |
| Title: | Traveling through Video Games |
| Authors: | Author: Tom van Nuenen |
| Page Count: | 110 |
| Subjects: | The arts: general topics, The arts: general issues, History, Popular culture, Media studies, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries, Human geography, Digital animation, Games development and programming, Sport: general, Humanities, Popular culture, Media studies, Tourism industry, Human geography, Digital animation, Games development & programming, Sports & outdoor recreation |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This book unlocks an understanding of video games as virtual travel. It explains how video game design increasingly takes cues from the promotional language of tourism, and how this connection raises issues of power and commodification. This book unlocks an understanding of video games as virtual travel. It explains how video game design increasingly takes cues from the promotional language of tourism, and how this connection raises issues of power and commodification. Bridging the disciplinary gap between game and tourism studies, the book offers a comprehensive account of touristic gazing in games such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Minecraft, and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Traveling through video games involves a mythological promise of open-ended opportunity, summarized in the slogan you can go there. Van Nuenen discusses the scale of game worlds, the elusive nature of freedom and control, and the pivotal role of work in creating a sense of belonging. The logic of tourism is fundamentally consumptive—but through design choices, players can also be invited to approach their travels more critically. This is the difference between moving through a game world, and being moved by it. This interdisciplinary and innovative study will interest students and scholars of digital media studies, game studies, tourism and technology, and the Digital Humanities. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-10-30 |
