Video games as a form of aesthetic memory
This paper examines the historical video game as a form of aesthetic memory. Through the study of recent and well-known different titles set in the past, such as Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games, 2017) and Battlefield V (DICE, 2018) the concept of “aesthetic memory” is defined and illustrated....
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| description | This paper examines the historical video game as a form of aesthetic memory. Through the study of recent and well-known different titles set in the past, such as Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games, 2017) and Battlefield V (DICE, 2018) the concept of “aesthetic memory” is defined and illustrated. Said concept is understood as the reproduction of defining, popular images of a historical moment. They are images selected by different social groups, unrelated to the historian’s job, whose function is to consolidate the historical credibility of the product and which are considered as canonical and representative of a particular moment. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-623c3d4d4a4f49378fcef7104f8659062022-12-21T22:33:07ZcatUniversidad de AlicantePasado y Memoria1579-33112386-47452020-01-0102027730110.14198/PASADO2020.20.1212084Video games as a form of aesthetic memoryAlberto Venegas Ramos0Universidad de MurciaThis paper examines the historical video game as a form of aesthetic memory. Through the study of recent and well-known different titles set in the past, such as Call of Duty: WWII (Sledgehammer Games, 2017) and Battlefield V (DICE, 2018) the concept of “aesthetic memory” is defined and illustrated. Said concept is understood as the reproduction of defining, popular images of a historical moment. They are images selected by different social groups, unrelated to the historian’s job, whose function is to consolidate the historical credibility of the product and which are considered as canonical and representative of a particular moment.https://pasadoymemoria.ua.es/article/view/2020-n20-el-videojuego-como-forma-de-memoria-esteticahistoriausos públicos de la historiamemoriaestéticavideojuegosarte de consumo de masas |
| spellingShingle | Alberto Venegas Ramos Video games as a form of aesthetic memory Pasado y Memoria historia usos públicos de la historia memoria estética videojuegos arte de consumo de masas |
| title | Video games as a form of aesthetic memory |
| title_full | Video games as a form of aesthetic memory |
| title_fullStr | Video games as a form of aesthetic memory |
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| title_short | Video games as a form of aesthetic memory |
| title_sort | video games as a form of aesthetic memory |
| topic | historia usos públicos de la historia memoria estética videojuegos arte de consumo de masas |
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