false 68556 2 In <i>Unit Operations</i>, Ian Bogost argues that similar principles underlie both literary theory and computation, proposing a literary-technical theory that can be used to analyze particular videogames. Moreover, this approach can be applied beyond videogames: Bogost suggests that any medium--from videogames to poetry, literature, cinema, or art--can be read as a configurative system of discrete, interlocking units of meaning, and he illustrates this method of analysis with examples from all these fields. The marriage of literary theory and information technology, he argues, will help humanists take technology more seriously and hep technologists better understand software and videogames as cultural artifacts. This approach is especially useful for the comparative analysis of digital and nondigital artifacts and allows scholars from other fields who are interested in studying videogames to avoid the esoteric isolation of "game studies." <br /> <br /> The richness of Bogost's comparative approach can be seen in his discussions of works by such philosophers and theorists as Plato, Badiou, Zizek, and McLuhan, and in his analysis of numerous videogames including <i>Pong</i>, <i>Half-Life</i>, and <i>Star Wars Galaxies</i>. Bogost draws on object technology and complex adaptive systems theory for his method of unit analysis, underscoring the configurative aspects of a wide variety of human processes. His extended analysis of freedom in large virtual spaces examines <i>Grand Theft Auto 3</i>, <i>The Legend of Zelda</i>, Flaubert's <i>Madame Bovary</i>, and Joyce's <i>Ulysses</i>. In <i>Unit Operations</i>, Bogost not only offers a new methodology for videogame criticism but argues for the possibility of real collaboration between the humanities and information technology. 66431 2006 Unit Operations: An Approach to Videogame Criticism total:11|5:5|4:2|3:3|1:1| 11 43 31 1 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 29 23:17:09 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 23:31:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Thu Nov 05 22:43:19 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 22:43:19 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Thu Oct 08 11:30:28 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 01 23:36:47 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 15 16:50:28 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 16:50:28 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 28 23:44:17 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 16:40:35 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jun 10 06:04:41 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 06:04:41 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun May 31 14:24:53 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 14:24:53 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Apr 22 15:19:30 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 22 15:19:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 20:31:29 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 20:32:05 -0700 2009 1 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 13:16:57 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 13:20:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Aug 18 15:00:30 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 11:10:38 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 18 15:00:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Mar 19 16:19:21 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 19 16:19:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Mar 18 09:36:38 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 18 09:36:38 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 03 01:42:27 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 03 01:42:30 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Feb 26 12:41:49 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 11:34:30 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 25 17:04:16 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 17:04:16 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jan 23 08:45:10 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 08:45:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Jan 18 10:18:57 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 10:18:57 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Dec 22 04:21:58 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 04:21:58 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Sun Dec 14 22:47:09 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 14 22:47:18 -0800 2008