Gamer Nation : Video Games and American Culture /

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"This book takes a cultural studies approach to analyzing video games for young players. It considers not only how games reflect myths in American culture but also how they propagate those myths through their design, imagery, and scenarios of violence"--

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wills, John, 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Video games > Social aspects.
Video games.
Video games and children.
Video games and teenagers.
Violence in video games.
GAMES > Board.
Violence dans les jeux video.
Jeux video > Conception > Aspect psychologique.
Jeux video > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Jeux video et adolescents > États-Unis.
Jeux video et enfants > États-Unis.
Video games > Design > Psychological aspects.
Video games > Social aspects > United States.
Video games and teenagers > United States.
Video games and children > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Games and new frontiers
  • Playing cowboys and Indians in the digital Wild West
  • Cold War gaming
  • 9/11 code
  • Fighting the virtual War on Terror
  • Grand theft Los Angeles
  • Second life, second America
  • Converging worlds.

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