History in Games: Contingencies of an Authentic Past

Published by transcript Verlag 2020

History in Games

Contingencies of an Authentic Past

Edited by: Martin Lorber and Felix Zimmermann

Volume 12 in the series Bild und Bit

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839454206

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Martin Lorber (M.A.) studied musicology, philosophy and anthropology at the University of Cologne. He is co-founder of the Clash of Realities conference and teaches at the University of Cologne.

Reviews

»Durch die Ausdifferenzierung des Konzepts ›Authentizität‹ und die unterschiedlichen vorgestellten Zugänge zeigen sich zahlreiche neue Forschungsperspektiven und -fragen. Damit leistet der Band einen wichtigen interdisziplinären Beitrag zu Forschungsinteressen der Games Studies und der Geschichtswissenschaft.«
Jessica Wehner, Zeitschrift für Geschichtsdidaktik, 21 (2022)

»In sum then, this is a hugely important volume which represents a confluence of ideas and disciplines around a timely and significant theme. The chapters are impressive in their breadth and innovation and the editors do incredibly well to present such a multitude of perspectives from within and outside the academy and from across linguistic boundaries.«
Robert Houghton, Gamevironments, 16 (2022)

»Ein abwechslungsreiches und höchstspannendes Buch mit einer heterogenen und damit vielseitigen Zusammensetzung unterschiedlicher Perspektiven.«
Iris Haist, MEDIENwissenschaft, 3-4 (2021)

»Als Gesamtwerk führt [das Buch] alle derzeit diskutierten Aspekte des Themas Authentizität von historischen Inhalten in digitalen Spielen übersichtlich zusammen.«
Ulli Engst, www.sehepunkte.de, 21/12 (2021)

»Der Band [ist] Leser:innen zu empfehlen, die auf der Suche nach neuen Zugängen (z.B. Nolden) und exemplarischen Fallstudien (z.B. Brandenburg) zum großen Themenbereich von Authentizität und Geschichte sind. Lobenswert ist im Weiteren zudem, dass der Band aufzeigt, dass eine zukünftige historische Beschäftigung mit digitalen Spielen mehr nach der Erzeugung von Authentizitätsmomenten fragen muss (z.B. Brandis, Schwarz, Elliot & Horswell), als sich mit der Bewertung von historischer Korrektheit zu beschäftigen.«
Lukas Boch/Nicolas Huss, www.paidia.de, 18.12.2020

O-Ton: »Drei Fragen an ...« - Felix Zimmermann im Interview bei www.nahaufnahmen.ch am 26.10.2020.
http://bit.ly/3e1wiq5

Besprochen in:
https://gespielt.hypotheses.org, 02.08.2023

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Table of Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Preface and Acknowledgments Martin Lorber and Felix Zimmermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
Introduction Approaching the Authenticities of Late Modernity Felix Zimmermann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
History as told by the Game
Quarry - Playground - Brand Popular History in Video Games Angela Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Why History in Digital Games matters Historical Authenticity as a Language for Ideological Myths Eugen Pfister Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
Social Practices of History in Digital Possibility Spaces Historicity, Mediality, Performativity, Authenticity Nico Nolden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
Tracing the Past with Digital Games Historical Procedural Rhetorics Rüdiger Brandis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	93
Authenticity in and of History
History in Video Games and the Craze for the Authentic Angela Schwarz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
Crusading Icons Medievalism and Authenticity in Historical Digital Games Andrew B.R. Elliott and Mike Horswell Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
The Auteur and the 80s Mixtape Popular Music and Authenticity in METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN Andra Ivănescu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Queer Authenticity in the History of Games Experiences of Knowing, Negotiating and Portraying Queerness in Games throughout the Last Four Decades Lara Keilbart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
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 Aurelia Brandenburg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
How to Get Away with Colonialism Two decades of discussing the ANNO Series Tobias Winnerling Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221
Toying with History Counterplay, Counterfactuals, and the Control of the Past Angus A. A. Mol Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	237
You Do Have Responsibility! How Games trivialize Fascism, why this should concern us and how we could change it Jörg Friedrich Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 284
Keywords: Games; History; Memory Culture; Media; Popular Culture; Cultural History; Computer Games; Digital Media; Media Studies

eBook

Published: October 27, 2020
ISBN: 9783839454206