How Long to Read Seeing Red

How Long Does it Take to Read Seeing Red?

It takes the average reader to read Seeing Red by Jose P. Zagal

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The curious history, technology, and technocultural context of Nintendo’s short-lived stereoscopic gaming console, the Virtual Boy. The console was red. The (revolutionary!) stereoscopic 3D graphics were red. And shortly after its vaunted release in 1995, Nintendo's balance sheet was in the red. Of all the failures the games industry has witnessed over the years, perhaps the most famous—or infamous—was the Virtual Boy. Why the Virtual Boy failed is one question José Zagal and Benj Edwards explore in Seeing Red, but even more interesting to the authors is what the platform was: what it promised, how it worked, and where it fit into the evolving story of gaming. A red-and-black standalone tabletop video game console that featured stereoscopic 3D graphics, the Virtual Boy was released by Nintendo in 1995—and was quickly discontinued after lackluster sales and lukewarm critical reception. In Seeing Red, Zagal and Edwards examine the device’s technical capabilities, the games that were created for it, and the cultural context in the US in the 1990s when it was developed and released. The Virtual Boy, in their account, built upon and extended a historical tradition in immersive, visually engaging entertainment that was largely unexplored in video games at the time. The authors show how the platform has a "softography" of games with a distinct shared visual aesthetic style that has not been significantly developed or explored since the Virtual Boy's release, having been superseded by polygonal 3D graphics. The platform's meaning, they contend, lies as much in its design and technical capabilities and affordances as it does in an audience’s perception of those capabilities. Offering rare insight into how we think about video game platforms, Seeing Red illustrates where perception and context come, quite literally, into play.

How long is Seeing Red?

Seeing Red by Jose P. Zagal is 0 pages long, and a total of 0 words.

This makes it 0% the length of the average book. It also has 0% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Seeing Red Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes to read Seeing Red aloud.

What Reading Level is Seeing Red?

Seeing Red is suitable for students ages 2 and up.

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