Title: Playing the Second World War: Call of Duty and the Telling of History
Author: Harrison Gish
Year: 2010
Additional: Eludamos 4 (2)
Available at: http://www.eludamos.org/index.php/eludamos/article/view/vol4no2-4/183
Abstract:
Through its interactive representation of the Second World War, the Call of Duty series is emblematic of a contemporary form of historical remembrance. This article analyzes the ways in which the series’ cut scenes and game play interrelate and represent history, warfare, and traumatic violence. Using Marita Sturken’s discussion of screen memories as sites of negotiation between differing conceptions of the past, the essay positions Call of Duty as a digital screen memory that actively produces multiple, competing understandings of historical warfare.
Contents:
Introduction
Call of Duty and the Layering of Historical Narrative
Call of Duty and the Representation of Traumatic Violence
Call of Duty as Digital Screen Memory