TY - JOUR
TI - Technological imagination and the question of identity in contemporary Japanese
AU - Lewandowski, Bartosz
AU - Garda, Maria B.
TI - Technological imagination and the question of identity in contemporary Japanese
AB - 
	Technological imagination and the question of identity in contemporary Japanese 
	In this essay we elaborate on the phenomenon of independent computer games by com-paring it to the independent stream of American cinema – also known as Indiewood. The parallel between the film and gaming industries, that can be observed in the United States, has its roots in the early years of arcade games when the young companies like Atari were bought by media giants like Warner Communications. Having this influence in mind, we investigate the similarities and differences between those two segments of audiovisual media production. To illustrate the argument, we examine the two most prominent indie game titles of the past few years: World of Goo and Braid. In the last part of our article we also try to introduce a more national perspective by describing the situation of independent computer games in Poland
	
VL - 2011
IS - Issue 1 (9)
PY - 2011
SN - 1895-975X
C1 - 2084-3860
SP - 143
EP - 153
DO - 10.4467/20843860PK.11.013.0234
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/przeglad-kulturoznawczy/article/indie-games-fenomen-niezaleznych-gier-komputerowych
KW - computer games
KW - Indiewood
KW - game industry
KW - independent computer games