Unstable aesthetics game engines and the strangeness of modding / Eddie Lohmeyer.

Author/creator Lohmeyer, Eddie
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Bloomsbury Academic, [2021]
Descriptionxi, 198 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost
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Contents PR35S 5T4RT! : the mechanisms of art modding -- A (scroll) down memory lane : non-play and the vitality of 8-bit engines in Cory Arcangel's Super Mario Bros. mods -- Slaying machines : embodied mimesis in ArsDoom -- "Perspective engines" and the strangeness of 3D space in JODI's Untitled game -- Generative mods and the violence of sensation -- Random planets and alien (dis)orientations in WE BUILD WORLDS -- 1N5ER7 C0IN T0 C0N71NU3 : untractable spaces.
Abstract "An archaeology of the video game engine examined through the lens of art modding (alterations to video games by players or fans)"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2020033866
ISBN9781501364907 (hardback)
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