BNN's NEW GAME ART Collects 357 Works and 10 Essays on Game Expression
Publisher BNN will release NEW GAME ART: New Art and Practice Around Games on Wednesday, November 18.
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Why it matters
A 224-page BNN volume that treats in-game photography, machinima, RTA and ARG as subjects of criticism puts game expression on the same shelf as art-house film writing, and the roster of contributors shows the field now has researchers and practitioners to fill it.
Key Facts
- BNN will release NEW GAME ART: New Art and Practice Around Games on Wednesday, November 18.
- The book introduces 357 works from Japan and abroad across 7 parts and 20 chapters.
- Featured titles include Outer Wilds, UNDERTALE, The Stanley Parable and Disco Elysium.
- The volume includes 10 newly written essays, among them pieces by Hiroshi Yoshida, Yoichiro Miyake and Tomo Kihara.
- NEW GAME ART is B5 size, 224 pages, and priced at 3,520 yen including tax.
The book collects 357 works from Japan and abroad across 7 parts and 20 chapters, covering art house games and game art, with featured titles including Outer Wilds, UNDERTALE, The Stanley Parable and Disco Elysium. It also carries 10 newly written essays, among them pieces by game researcher Hiroshi Yoshida, game AI developer Yoichiro Miyake and artist Tomo Kihara.
The book runs 224 pages at B5 size and costs 3,520 yen, tax included. Yusuke Shono and game writer Hajime Kasai edited it, with book design by Tamiho Iwaya of GraphersRock and design by Shono.
Beyond the featured games, the chapters take up game rules and narrative, physicality, VR, machinima and AI, and the essays extend to game modification and misuse, real-time attack, social criticism through game spaces, alternate reality games and live action role-playing. A sample reading of Kasai's opening essay, 'Games as an Art Form of a New Era', is available on BNN's official note.
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