(Re)Playing (with) Video game History: Moving beyond Retrogaming
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(Re)Playing (with) Video game History : Moving beyond Retrogaming . / Ahm, Kristian Redhead.
In: Games and Culture: A Journal of Interactive Media, Vol. OnlineFirst, 08.09.2020, p. 1-21.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - (Re)Playing (with) Video game History
T2 - Moving beyond Retrogaming
AU - Ahm, Kristian Redhead
PY - 2020/9/8
Y1 - 2020/9/8
N2 - This article will argue that the current literature on retrogaming as a practice and the retrogamer as a subject has been lacking in fully describing the variety of practices and subjects that engage with old games. Based on data collected by interviewing nine self-described Danish retrogamers, three motivations for engaging with old games, besides nostalgia, are identified. These motivations are typologized into three player types: amateur archaeologists, amateur art historians, and techno-historians. Following the analysis, it will be argued that retrogaming might be an imprecise term to encompass the many different ways that individuals engage with old games. The concepts historical play and nostalgic play are presented to alleviate this.
AB - This article will argue that the current literature on retrogaming as a practice and the retrogamer as a subject has been lacking in fully describing the variety of practices and subjects that engage with old games. Based on data collected by interviewing nine self-described Danish retrogamers, three motivations for engaging with old games, besides nostalgia, are identified. These motivations are typologized into three player types: amateur archaeologists, amateur art historians, and techno-historians. Following the analysis, it will be argued that retrogaming might be an imprecise term to encompass the many different ways that individuals engage with old games. The concepts historical play and nostalgic play are presented to alleviate this.
KW - Faculty of Humanities
KW - retrogaming
KW - player ethnography
KW - nostalgia
KW - historical play
U2 - 10.1177/1555412020955084
DO - 10.1177/1555412020955084
M3 - Journal article
VL - OnlineFirst
SP - 1
EP - 21
JO - Games and Culture
JF - Games and Culture
SN - 1555-4120
ER -
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