Nick Dyer-Witheford, Greig de Peuter

Games of Empire

Global Capitalism and Video Games Volume 29

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 402g
• ISBN-13: 9780816666119
• ISBN-10: 0816666113
• Artikelnr.: 26684065

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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