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Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415577915)
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James Newman
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xBest Before examines the ways in which the obsessions with technological obsolescence and supersession and an industry defined by continual innovation have effectively closed down the possibility of valuing old videogames in any way other than curiosities or waypoints along the teleological journey to the next generation of hardware and software.
Author: James Newman
ISBN-10: 0415577918
ISBN-13: 9780415577915
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2012
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d
By James Newman
xJames 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.
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