Then, suddenly, I was moved: nostalgia and the media history of games

ABSTRACT

Gaming has a past; it cannot escape the rearticulation of genres, traditions and images of its history. The haunting of the present is all the more visible here than in other forms, as non-digital media are bound by types of material traces. But what traces does gaming leave --- what breadcrumbs to follow? This paper seeks a telling of the inner life of game history, the force that surges through game culture to forever remember its roots and seek out the infinite regress of its future.

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Keywords:
Crary, Kittler, Rosen, arcades, materiality, past, pastness, transmedia