TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pelletier-Gagnon,Jérémie
TI  - Space and play in Japanese videogame arcades
T2  - Routledge contemporary Japan series
SN  - 9781003273776
U1  - 794.80952 23/eng/20240301
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Video games
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Japan
KW  - Video arcades
KW  - Recreation centers
KW  - Play environments
KW  - Design and construction
KW  - Play
KW  - Space (Architecture)
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture
KW  - COMPUTERS / Computer Animation
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Part 1. Contextualizing Play in Japanese Amusement Spaces -- Part 2. Case Studies of Play and Space in Japanese Game Centres
N2  - "This book presents a scholarly investigation of the development and culture of Japanese videogame arcades, both from a historical and contemporary point of view. Providing an overview of the historical evolution of public amusement spaces from the early rooftop amusement spaces from the early 19th century to the modern multi-floor and interconnected arcade complexes that characterizes the urban fabric of contemporary Japan, the book argues that arcade videogames and their associated practices must be examined in the context in which they are played, situated in the interrelation between the game software, the cabinets as material conditions of play, and the space of the venue that frames the experience . Including three case studies of distinct and significant game centres located in Tokyo and Kyoto, the book addresses of play in public, including the notion of performance and observation as play practices, spatial appropriation, as well as the compartmentalization of the play experience. In treating videogames as sets of circumstances, the book identifies the opportunities for ludic practices that videogame arcades provide in Japan. As such, it will appeal to students and scholars of Game Studies and Digital Media Studies, as well as those of Japanese Culture and Society"--
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003273776
ER  -