Videogame Formalism: On Form, Aesthetic Experience and Methodology

by Jasper Van Vught and Alex Mitchell

Formalism is often used as an all-embracing term covering a range of ontological and methodological approaches in game studies, with little connection to the history or tradition of the approach in other fields. This dilutes the usefulness of the approach, and invites (often unfounded) criticism. Videogame Formalism addresses these issues through an exploration of the historical and theoretical roots of formalist approaches to videogame analysis,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9463720669
• ISBN13: 9789463720663
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
• Length: 264 Pages