Gametime: History, narrative and temporality in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2

Crogan, Patrick

Abstract

This essay looks at the relations between narrative and ludic structuring of video game play experience through a comparison between a video game and a film that deal with the history of air war in the Pacific theatre during World War II.

Citation

Crogan, P. (2003). Gametime: History, narrative and temporality in Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2. In M. Wolf, & B. Perron (Eds.), The Video Game Theory ReaderRoutledge

• Publication Date: Aug 19, 2003
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: The Video Game Theory Reader
• ISBN: 9780415965781
• Keywords: video games, narrative, temporality, history