Poza nostalgię. Zwrot historyczny w badaniach gier i jego konsekwencje
Beyond nostalgia. The historical turn in game research and its consequences

Summary/Abstract: The article problematises the concept of game studies, showing, based on the example of film studies, that disciplines focusing on a selected area of media practices play an important role in legitimizing their object of study. Later, however, the discipline’s narrow profile becomes a burden, and is especially troublesome in today’s era of media convergence. Historical research offers a recipe for solving problems resulting from artificial limiting a field of research, as well as for critically reflecting on an industry that is one of the pillars of today’s entertainment industry, If free of nostalgia, both historical games and the history of gaming research provide many examples to support the reflexivity of game studies researchers.

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