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Gaming The Iron Curtain: How Teenagers And Amateurs In Communist Czechoslovakia Claimed The Medium Of Computer Games (Game Histo,New
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How Amateur Programmers In 1980S Czechoslovakia Discovered Games As A Medium, Using Them Not Only For Entertainment But Also As A Means Of Selfexpression.Aside From The Exceptional History Of Tetris, Very Little Is Known About Gaming Culture Behind The Iron Curtain. But Despite The Scarcity Of Home Computers And The Absence Of Hardware And Software Markets, Czechoslovakia Hosted A Remarkably Active Diy Microcomputer Scene In The 1980S, Producing More Than Two Hundred Games That Were By Turns Creative, Inventive, And Politically Subversive. In Gaming The Iron Curtain, Jaroslav Velch Offers The First Social History Of Gaming And Game Design In 1980S Czechoslovakia, And The First Booklength Treatment Of Computer Gaming In Any Country Of The Soviet Bloc.Velch Describes How Amateur Programmers In 1980S Czechoslovakia Discovered Games As A Medium, Using Them Not Only For Entertainment But Also As A Means Of Selfexpression. Sheltered In Statesupported Computer Clubs, Local Programmers Fashioned Games Into A Medium Of Expression That, Unlike Television Or The Press, Was Neither Regulated Nor Censored. In The Final Years Of Communist Rule, Czechoslovak Programmers Were Among The First In The World To Make Activist Games About Current Political Events, Anticipating Trends Observed Decades Later In Independent Or Experimental Titles. Drawing From Extensive Interviews As Well As Political, Economic, And Social History, Gaming The Iron Curtain Tells A Compelling Tale Of Gaming The System, Introducing Us To Individuals Who Used Their Ingenuity To Be Active, Be Creative, And Be Heard.
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