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Ylva Grufstedt
@ylva_grufstedt
History & Game Studies
@malmouni
. PhD from
@helsinkiuni
. Prev
@AaltoARTS
,
@AaltoOLE
. E-sport nut. I will play anything. Design. Counterfactuals. Heavy metal.
Helsingfors, FinlandJoined December 2012
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Ylva Grufstedt
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An absolute must read for historical games and game production scholars! Congrats, Esther!
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Chris Kempshall
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It's here! @EstherWrigh_'s amazing book 'Rockstar Games and American History' is the latest title in @dg_history's 'Video Games and the Humanities Series' (degruyter.com/serial/vgh-b/h). Anyone interested in Red Dead Redemption & LA Noire should 100% get a copy. It's brilliant.
Two copies of the book 'Rockstar Games and American History' by Esther Wright lying on a yellow pillow. The blurb on one of the books reads: 'Commercially successful, fan-beloved, and a frequent source of media attention, Rockstar’s franchises are positioned as not only game-changing, ground-breaking interventions in the games industry, but also as critical, cultural histories on America and its excesses. By working at the intersection of historical game studies, U.S. history, and film and media studies, this book explores what happens when contemporary demands for historical authenticity are brought to bear on the way we envisage the past ––　and whose past it is deemed to be. Ultimately, this book implores those who research historical video games to consider the oft-forgotten sources at the margins of these games as importance spaces where historical meaning is made and negotiated.'
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Ylva Grufstedt
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Yay,
@ChrisKempshall
! I haven't received my copies yet - it's really nice to see that the printed book exists on this plane! Thanks!
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Chris Kempshall
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Two new amazingly exciting books from @ylva_grufstedt and @ckunzelman for the @dg_history series 'Video Games and the Humanities'! Find out more about the series here: degruyter.com/view/serial/VG
The book: 'Shaping the Past - Counterfactual History and Game Design Practice in Digital Strategy Games' Book blurb: Ylva Grufstedt investigates the role of counterfactuals in uses of history through game designers and through digital strategy games. It discusses the content, form and perspectives that define different types of counterfactuals in the context of game-making – an effort to outline and detail the values and frameworks that shape the past in this popular media.
The book: 'The World Is Born From Zero -Understanding Speculation and Video Games' Book blurb: The World is Born From Zero is an investigation into the relationship between video games and science fiction through the philosophy of speculation. Cameron Kunzelman argues that the video game medium is centered on the evaluation and production of possible futures by following video game studies, media philosophy, and science fiction studies to their furthest reaches. Claiming that the best way to understand games is through rigorous formal analysis of their aesthetic strategies and the cultural context those strategies emerge from, Kunzelman investigates a diverse array of games like The Last of Us, VA-11 Hall-A, and Civilization VI in order to explore what science fiction video games can tell us about their genres, their ways of speculating, and how the medium of the video game does (or does not) direct us down experiential pathways that are both oppressive and liberatory.
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Can't get my head around people getting shitty that kids are discovering music cause of a telly show. I got into Iron Maiden when I was 13 cause they're on the soundtrack for Carmageddon 2. It doesn't matter how you find something. Who has time to give a shit about this??
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Andrew Elliott
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WHOAH. This looks like an amazing workshop on medieval games and history. Makes me think about what
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calls the historian/developer.
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Exilian
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ANNOUNCING: CODING MEDIEVAL WORLDS 2 A workshop for historians and game developers! Folk of #gamedev, #indiedev, and #medievaltwitter please do take a look, get in touch and sign up!
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Chris Kempshall
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Imposter Syndrome: 'Hi there. Would you like a fun comparison with others in the field?' Me: 'No I think I'm good.' Imposter Syndrome: 'Oh. Really? Because we planned a whole thing.' Me: 'No honestly I'm... Wait? 'We'? And what do you mean by 'A whole thi-'
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