{"product_id":"computer-games-as-landscape-art-peter-nelson-9783031376337","title":"Computer Games as Landscape Art","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book proposes that computer games are the paradigmatic form of contemporary landscape and offers a synthesis of art history, geography, game studies and play. Like paint on canvas, the game engine is taken as the underlying medium, and using the Valve Source Engine as the primary case study, it analyses landscapes according to the technical, economic and cultural features this medium affords. It presents the single-player first-person shooter (\u003ci\u003eHalf-Life 2\u003c\/i\u003e) as a Promethean safari, examines how the economics of gambling and product placement shaped the eSports landscapes of \u003ci\u003eCounter-Strike \u003c\/i\u003eand reveals how sandboxes such as \u003ci\u003eGarry's Mod \u003c\/i\u003evisualise the radical landscape of Web 2.0. This book explores how our relationship to the environment is changing, how we express this through computer games and how we can move beyond examining artistic influences \u003ci\u003eon \u003c\/i\u003egames to examining how historical connections flow \u003ci\u003ethrough\u003c\/i\u003e games and the history of landscape images.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3031376331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783031376337\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Palgrave MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.56d","brand":"Peter Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44717397999871,"sku":"9783031376337","price":129.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1f31619a-089c-4ea2-aa99-71f837761e7b.jpg?v=1705688073","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/computer-games-as-landscape-art-peter-nelson-9783031376337","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}