来る2024年12月27日(金曜日)、立命館大学ゲーム研究センターによる2024年度第13回定例研究会を実施致します。発表者は、今祐仁氏です。登録・参加料不要となっております。お誘い合わせの上、奮ってご参加のほど、お待ちしております。
The Ritsumeikan Center for Game Studies will hold its 13th workshop
of the 2024 academic year on Friday, December 27th, 2024. The presenter will be Eugene Kwon. Registration is not required, and there is no participation fee. We look forward to your active participation.
■発表タイトル Title
The Invasion of Space Invaders in Japan and South Korea
■発表者 Presenter
Eugene Kwon (Yale University)
■日時 Date and Time
12月27日（金） 16：20～18:20
December 27th（Fri）16：20～18:20
■場所 Venue
立命館大学衣笠キャンパス 学而館研究会室 3 アクセス
Ritsumeikan Kinugasa Campas, Gakujikan Reserch Room 3 Access
■概要 Summary
The Japanese video game Space Invaders (スペースインベーダ, 1978), famous in the history of video games for its notorious difficulty and its infinite loop structure that enables gamers to play hours on end, had a cultural impact around the world. In both Japan and South Korea, the game was a cultural sensation. The myth of the 100-yen coin going out of existence due to the game’s popularity travelled to South Korea where the game instantiated the first game boom. By adopting the concept of the screen in media studies, this talk examines the game as a screen object that performed four functions across the two regions: filter (sieve), division, camouflage, and shelter. I will examine these four screen functions of the game against the historical context of the two regions where leisure culture and an emphasis on science and technology were rapidly developing throughout the 1960s to 1970s.