Videogame Formalism: On Form, Aesthetic Experience and Methodology by Alex Mitchell and Jasper van Vught (Amsterdam University Press, 2023): Book review

Hans-Joachim Backe

doi:10.7557/23.7816

Videogame Formalism: On Form, Aesthetic Experience and Methodology by Alex Mitchell and Jasper van Vught (Amsterdam University Press, 2023)

Book review

Authors

Hans-Joachim Backe IT University of Copenhagen https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0091-2574

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7557/23.7816

Keywords:

aesthetics, game analysis, literary theory

Abstract

A review of Alex Mitchell and Jasper van Vught's Videogame Formalism. On Form, Aesthetic Experience and Methodology. Published by Amsterdam University Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-9-048-55423-2, 264 pages,

References

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Egenfeldt-Nielsen, S., Smith, J. H., & Tosca, S. P. (2019). Understanding video games: The essential introduction. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429431791

Ensslin, A. (2023). Literary gaming. MIT Press.

Fernández-Vara, C. (2019). Introduction to game analysis. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351140089

Mäyrä, F. (2008). An introduction to game studies. Sage. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781446214572

First page of the table of contents for the issue.

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Published

2024-12-31

How to Cite

Backe, H.-J. (2024) “Videogame Formalism: On Form, Aesthetic Experience and Methodology by Alex Mitchell and Jasper van Vught (Amsterdam University Press, 2023): Book review”, Eludamos: Journal for Computer Game Culture, 15(1), pp. 261–265. doi: 10.7557/23.7816.