An Analysis of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

Jacobs, Luke Brett

An Analysis of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault

dc.contributor.advisor	Schott, Gareth R.
dc.contributor.author	Jacobs, Luke Brett
dc.date.accessioned	2011-11-25T03:31:46Z
dc.date.available	2011-11-25T03:31:46Z
dc.date.issued	2011
dc.date.updated	2011-10-17T03:27:42Z
dc.description.abstract	This thesis explores the representation of the characters and content in the electronic game Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault first published in 2004. The thesis examines the history of conflict themed games and current academic literature on the subject of representation of ethnicity and history in these games. A methodological discussion is presented outlining the challenge of academic game study and how it was applied to this particular title. The findings of an analysis conducted under the methodology explored in the thesis, is presented. These findings conclude that in terms of representation the game has few novel aspects and that the way the characters are presented is motivated by game design decisions rather than historic revisionism.
dc.format.mimetype	application/pdf
dc.identifier.citation	Jacobs, L. B. (2011). An Analysis of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (Thesis, Master of Arts (MA)). University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand. Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5928	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10289/5928
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Waikato
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dc.subject	Games studies
dc.subject	Race Representation
dc.subject	History in Pop Culture
dc.subject	History in Games
dc.title	An Analysis of Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault	en
dc.type	Thesis
pubs.elements-id	55788
pubs.place-of-publication	Hamilton, New Zealand	en_NZ
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Waikato
thesis.degree.level	Masters
thesis.degree.name	Master of Arts (MA)