Game Zone: What You Need to Know About Video Games and Gaming Culture

Modern human life is closely connected with video games. Even if you don’t play yourself, there are surely avid gamers in your surroundings, and news from the gaming industry often finds you too. This situation raises questions: what exactly are video games, and what role do they play in a person’s life? That’s what the discipline game studies sets out to answer. Alexander Vetushinsky, one of the leading Russian representatives of this research field, offers his book “Playground” — a philosophical reflection on the stages of the game industry’s development, an analysis of its established language, and its place in today’s cultural landscape.