6533b832fe1ef96bd129aabe
RESEARCH PRODUCT
Memories of video gaming culture on YouTube
Boris Urbassubject
mémoirepatrimonialisationjeux vidéoamateurs[SHS.INFO] Humanities and Social Sciences/Library and information sciencesyoutubedescription
Within the patrimonialization of video gaming, the status of memory representations is still unknown. On YouTube, amateur video makers present games from the 1970s through to the 1990s, combining voice and screencast. By reviewing these low audience channels and interviewing their creators, we have tried to understand the current trends in amateur videos. The ensuing results highlight the diversity of the relationship to memory. Productions are supported by a seminal viewer practice (Web, TV), and a diversified frame: recreational computing, conservation, web archives, emulation. The momentum provided by this nostalgia interfaces with a critical discourse; Becoming a video maker generates a reflexivity which, in turn, transforms the gaming experience.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 |