How to Play Games of Truth: An Introduction to Video Game Studies

Authors

  • Bryan Geoffrey Behrenshausen University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Keywords:

video game studies, game studies,

Abstract

This syllabus outlines a course in video game studies, the multidisciplinary endeavor aimed at generating knowledge about the video game as medium, technology, and abstract form. Organized around five theoretical perspectives in the field—the ludological perspective, the narratological perspective, the player studies perspective, the ideological/political economic perspective, and the platform studies perspective—the course asks students to critically interrogate the conditions through which scholars produce, secure, and contest their object(s) of inquiry.

Author Biography

Bryan Geoffrey Behrenshausen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Bryan G. Behrenshausen is a PhD candiate in cultural and media studies in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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Published

2015-01-29

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2015)

Section

Syllabi

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