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Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games Zach Whalen
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Playing the Past: History and Nostalgia in Video Games
Zach Whalen
Brings together an eclectic group of young scholars to examine the complementary notions of history and nostalgia as they are expressed through video games and in gaming culture. By focusing on specific games, historical periods and media ecologies, this work looks at the related topics of nostalgia for classic gaming.
296 pages, 43 images, index, bibliography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | October 17, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780826516015 |
| Publishers | Vanderbilt University Press |
| Pages | 296 |
| Dimensions | 230 × 151 × 22 mm · 440 g |
| Language | English |
| Editor | Taylor, Laurie N. |
| Editor | Whalen, Zach |
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