Evidence, Evocation and Public Memory in Rockstar Games’ Virtual Cityscapes

Jon Leon Torn

doi:10.1163/9781848881778_010

Evidence, Evocation and Public Memory in Rockstar Games’ Virtual Cityscapes

Jon Leon Torn

Communication, School of

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Abstract

Visual images of cityscapes fall into two categories: evidence and evocation. Such interplay has a considerable impact on our public memory of the life of cities. After illustrating the visual categories of evidence and evocation in various types of media, we analyse the ways in which cities are evoked in a series of immersive ‘open world’ video distributed by Rockstar Games: Grand Theft Auto and L.A. Noire.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	New Cultural Capitals
Subtitle of host publication	Urban Pop Cultures in Focus
Publisher	Brill
Pages	89-95
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781848881778
ISBN (Print)	9789004373921
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/9781848881778_010
State	Published - Jan 1 2019

Keywords

Video games
cities
evidence
evocation
representation
visual culture

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General Social Sciences

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