A brief history of videogames

Authors

  • Simone Belli Departament de Psicologia Social - UAB
  • Cristian López

Abstract

The following text contains a brief journey through a short and yet intense adventure, the history of videogames. Since its beginnings in the 1950's decade to the present time, videogames have progressively changed from a hobby for ingeneering studens to the most powerfull leisure industry. In order to gain a better understanding of this phenomenon it is necessary to look over the path of its transformation from a retrospecive point of view. Such a look has necessarily to focus on those devices and games that had made a landmark in the history of videogames, taking them to their current position. Besides, it is crucial to address their implications in contemporary visual culture, along with current prejudices against them. This is a short account about a great history.

Keywords

Videogames, Prejudice, Visual culture

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Author Biographies

Simone Belli, Departament de Psicologia Social - UAB

Simone Belli (Bergamo-Italia, 1981) es doctorando en Psicología Social y licenciado en Ciencias de la Educación por la Università degli Studi di Bergamo. Becario en el programa de Formación de Profesorado Universitario por el Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Actualmente es miembro del Grupo de Estudios Sociales de la Ciencia y la Tecnología (GESCIT). Los temas sobre los que trabaja actualmente son la relación que tienen las Tic con los Estudios del Discurso, y la importancia que ejerce el papel de las emociones con el lenguaje. Sobre este último tema, se encuentra realizando su investigación doctoral.

Cristian López

Cristian López es licenciado en Sociología por la Universidad de Barcelona (España). Actualmente cursa los estudios de doctorado de Psicología Social en la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.

Published

2008-11-03

How to Cite

Belli, S., & López, C. (2008). A brief history of videogames. Athenea Digital. Revista De Pensamiento E investigación Social, (14), 159–179. https://doi.org/10.5565/rev/athenead/v0n14.570

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