Games | Game Design | Game Studies: An Introduction
About this ebook
Addressing these fundamental questions and aspects of digital game culture in a holistic way for the first time, Gundolf S. Freyermuth's introduction outlines the media-historical development phases of analog and digital games, the history and artistic practices of game design, as well as the history, academic approaches, and most important research topics of game studies.
With contributions by André Czauderna, Nathalie Pozzi and Eric Zimmerman.
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About the author
Gundolf S. Freyermuth (Prof. Dr. phil.) is Professor of Media and Game Studies and founding co-director at the Cologne Game Lab of TH Koeln-University of Technology, Arts and Sciences, as well as Professor of Comparative Media Studies at the ifs international film school of Cologne.
André Czauderna ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Cologne Game Lab der TH Köln, wo er u.a. für das Management und die Weiterentwicklung der Studiengänge BA und MA Digital Games zuständig ist. Außerdem unterrichtet er Media and Game Studies und forscht zu Lernprozessen in Strategie- und Managementspielen, Gaming Affinity Spaces und hochschulischer Games-Ausbildung. Er promovierte in Erziehungswissenschaft an der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz.
