Joystick Soldiers · the Politics of Play in Military Video Games
- Authors
- Huntemann, Nina B. & Payne, Matthew Thomas & Bogost, Ian
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Tags
- netculture
- ISBN
- 9780415996594
- Date
- 2009-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.73 MB
- Lang
- en
These essays explore how modern warfare has been represented in and influenced by video games. They explore the history and political economy of 'Military Entertainment Complex', present textual analyses of military-themed video games, and offer reception studies of gamers, fandom, and political activism within online gaming.