Digital Play
The Interaction of Technology, Culture, and Marketing
Stephen Kline author Nick Dyer-Witheford author Greig de Peuter author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Published:26th May '03
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Offers an analysis of interactive media. This book traces the development of video gaming from its humble origins in hacker circles to its status as a $20 billion global cultural industry.A uniquely critical study of video gaming that blends perspectives from political economy, cultural studies, and communications theory.
"The authors are to be commended for undertaking this major history of the video game in our contemporary global economy. I am impressed with their research, and the arguments are convincingly developed using careful textual analysis and powerful graphic illustrations". Timothy W. Luke, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
ISBN: 9780773525436
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 700g
376 pages