Games of Empire - Global Capitalism and Video Games

Informationen zum Autor Nick Dyer-Witheford is associate professor and associate dean in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Greig de Peuter is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Klappentext Nick Dyer-Witheford is associate professor and associate dean in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies at the University of Western Ontario. Greig de Peuter is a doctoral candidate in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University. Zusammenfassung In the first decade of the twenty-first century, video games are an integral part of global media culture, rivaling Hollywood in revenue and influence. At the same time, video games have become major sites of corporate exploitation and military recruitment. In Games of Empire Second Life , World of Warcraft , and Grand Theft Auto Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments Introduction: Games in the Age of Empire Part I. Game Engine: Labor, Capital, Machine 1. Immaterial Labor: A Workers' History of Videogaming 2. Cognitive Capitalism: Electronic Arts 3. Machinic Subjects: The Xbox and Its Rivals Part II. Gameplay: Virtual/Actual 4. Banal War: Full Spectrum Warrior 5. Biopower Play: World of Warcraft 6. Imperial City: Grand Theft Auto Part III. New Game? 7. Games of Multitude 8. Exodus: The Metaverse and the Mines Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Greig de Peuter, DYER WITHEFORD NICK PEUTER GREIG, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Nick Peuter Dyer-Witheford, Nick/ Peuter Dyer-Witheford, Greig De Peuter
• Publisher: University Of Minnesota Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.02.2009
• EAN: 9780816666119
• ISBN: 978-0-8166-6611-9
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 214 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Electronic Mediations; Electronic Mediations (Paperba; Electronic Mediations; Electronic Mediations (Paperba
• Subjects: Guides; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing