1st Edition

Best Before Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence

By James Newman Copyright 2012
192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

192 Pages
by Routledge

Despite record sales and an ever-growing global industry, the simple fact is that videogames are disappearing. Most obviously, the physical deterioration of discs, cartridges, consoles and controllers means that the data and devices will crumble to dust and eventually will be lost forever. However, there is more to the disappearance of videogames than plastic corrosion and bit rot. Best... Read more

Chapter 1. Videogames are Disappearing  Chapter 2. New Games  Chapter 3. Old Games  Chapter 4. Game(play) Preservation

Biography

James Newman is Professor of Digital Media and Director of the Media Futures Research Centre at Bath Spa University. He is the author of numerous books on videogames and gaming cultures including Videogames (2004) and Playing with Videogames (2008). James is a co-founder of the National Videogame Archive which is a partnership with the National Media Museum and is a co-producer of the GameCity international videogames festival.