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The Technoludic Film: Images of Videogames in Films (1973-2001) Videogames emerged as a market in the early 1970s, at a time when critics and social commentators were starting to speculate about the demise of classical cinema's hegemonic model. Moreover, the appearance of video games coincides with the decline in film audiences, a phenomenon that started in the early 1950s and that no one has yet satisfactorily explained. Along with the VCR, cable, and satellite TV, videogames diminished film's central role as the privileged form of entertainment.
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goal of this thesis is to discuss, explore, and investigate the
convergence between cinema and video games. It analyzes how video
games have been depicted, represented, and incorporated into feature-length,
commercial films. The analysis focuses on 53 video game-related
films produced between 1973 to 2001. It assumes that two media are
not simply intersecting: They are converging at different levels.
Aesthetically, their boundaries are becoming increasingly permeable:
As video games are becoming cinematic, films are beginning to look
increasingly gamelike. 
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Technoludic Film: Images of Videogames in Movies (1973-2001)
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