The 21st Century in 100 Games

The 21st Century in 100 Games is an interactive public history of the contemporary world.It creates a ludological retelling of the 21st century through 100 games that were announced, launched, and played from the turn of the century.The book analyzes them and then uses the games as a means of entry to examine both key events in the 21st century and the evolution of the gaming industry.Adopting a tri-pronged perspective — the reviewer, the academic, and an industry observer — it studies games as ludo-narratological artefacts and resituates games in a societal context by examining how they affect and are engaged with by players, reviewers, the gaming community, and the larger gaming industry. This book will be a must read for readers interested in video games, new media, digital culture (s), culture studies, and history.