Shaping the Past: Counterfactual History and Game Design Practice in Digital Strategy Games
Ylva Grufstedt
Jul 2022 · Video Games and the Humanities Book 7 · Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
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About this ebook
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.
About the author
Ylva Grufstedt, Aalto University, Finland and Malmö University, Sweden.
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