James Sweeting- PhD Transtechnology Research
- Lecturer in Game Studies at University of Plymouth
James Sweeting
- PhD Transtechnology Research
- Lecturer in Game Studies at University of Plymouth
PhD: "Hauntological Videogame Form".
Lecturer in Game Studies, University of Plymouth.
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Introduction
PhD student with Transtechnology Research investigating the hauntological form of videogames. This is supported via an understanding of nostalgia present across the medium itself and the relationship the industry has with the past.
Current institution
Education
April 2015 - October 2023
Field of study
- Transtechnology Research (Hauntological Videogame Form: Nostalgia and a "High Technology" Medium)
September 2012 - September 2013
September 2009 - June 2012
Publications
Publications (8)
This paper will examine a means by which contemporary videogames can recover a Lost Future. Central to this is expanding upon Mark Fisher’s (2022a, 2022b)[1] and Simon Reynolds’ (2012) insights provided around hauntology in the context of popular music. Hauntology begins to provide an answer to the question surrounding the viability of the future,...
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This thesis introduces the term Hauntological Form as a means of examining the contemporary form of mainstream videogames. The increasing presence of nostalgia is deemed paradoxical to a forward-facing high technology medium such as videogames. Yet, this is only a symptom of an underlying problem with th...
