Televisual Sports Videogames

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Published on September 17, 2013 7:54:42 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5hNHtYHrUc

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Thesis presentation by Comparative Media Studies graduate student and MIT Game Lab researcher, Abe Stein.

Many sports videogames are designed as interactive simulations of televised sports. Taking a comparative and historical approach, this thesis explores the relationship between these "televisual" sports videogames and the broadcasts they recreate, situating the two media forms in the context of a complicated North American sports media industrial complex. The project examines how dominant ideologies of hegemonic sports culture in North America are reinforced by features found in both television broadcasts and sports videogames.

More details and the thesis can be found at:
http://gamelab.mit.edu/research/televisual-sports-videogames