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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799600603321

Autore

Funk Tiffany

Titolo

Video game art reader . version_4.1.2022 / / Editor-in-Chief, Tiffany Funk ; Managing Editor, Michael Reed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amherst, Massachusetts  : , : Amherst College Press, , [2022]

©2022

ISBN

9781943208357

1943208352

9781943208418

1943208417

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (98 p.)

Classificazione

ART000000ART046000ART064000

Soggetti

Video games - Design

Video games - Social aspects

Computer art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from eBook information screen..

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Sommario/riassunto

In computing, overclocking refers to the common practice of increasing the clock rate of a computer to exceed that certified by the manufacturer. The concept is seductive but overclocking may destroy your motherboard or system memory, even irreparably corrupt the hard drive. Volume 4 of the Video Game Art Reader (VGAR) proposes overclocking as a metaphor for how games are produced and experienced today, and the temporal compressions and expansions of the many historical lineages that have shaped game art and culture. Contributors reflect on the many ways in which overclocking can be read as a means of oppression but also a strategy to raise awareness of how inequities have shaped video games.