Video Games Studies includes the following types of games:
Arcade Games
Consoles
Computer Games
MUDs
MMOGs
Approaching Video Games in an Academic Way:
Some Theoretical Considerations
Media Effects and Games;
The Persistence of Effect;
Games and Utopia;
Thinking about video games as a new form of cultural practise... in the same way we now think about old media like newspapers, radio, television, films...
what are some ways to approach thinking about games that might be unique to this genre?
Are there questions that are specific to video games that don't apply to any other form?
Narratology vs Ludology
Narratology is the study of video games from the perspective of them being stories or literary works.
Ludology, in contrast to narratology, is concerned with the Game Play elements.
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