Bridging the Gap
@article{Nicoll2017BridgingTG, title={Bridging the Gap}, author={B. Nicoll}, journal={Games and Culture}, year={2017}, volume={12}, pages={200 - 221} }
This article recovers the popular imaginaries surrounding an obsolete video game platform, the Neo Geo Advanced Entertainment System (AES), through a thematic discourse analysis of British and North American gaming magazines from the 1990s. Released in Japan in 1990, the Neo Geo AES was marketed as a home video game system capable of bridging the gap between the public space of the gaming arcade and the domestic environment of the home. “Imaginaries” in this context refer to the dreams and… CONTINUE READING
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