AR250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Antonine Wall, Magnavox, Sketchpad
6 Mar 2018
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Lucasarts: the dig: astronauts, after finding themselves on an alien world, begin excavating to learn more about civilization and to find a way home, based on xenoarchaeology. Archaeogaming: popularized by andrew reinhard in 2013, essentially means the archaeology of and in video games, analysis of archaeology within video games, what can video games tell us about the public perception of archaeology, wow archaeology skill. Records finds of artifacts in archaeological journal. Use surveying tools to locate archaeological objects. Game seems to emphasize thrill of discovery, importance of learning about the past. Also emphasizes idea of archaeology as treasure hunting: assassin"s creed - educational mode. History of video games: early history of video games tied to the developments that came through the advanced. Video games and chronology: when analyzing artifacts, distinctions in chronology are often based on assessment of a variety of attributes, can similar type of analysis be applied to video games? eg. different iterations of final fantasy.
