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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

The Routledge companion to video game studies / edited by Mark J. P. Wolf and Bernard Perron.

pages cm.—(Routledge companions)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Video games. 2. Video games—Social aspects. I. Wolf, Mark J. P. II. Perron, Bernard.

GV1469.3.R67 2013

794.8—dc23

2013021954

ISBN: 978–0–415–53332–4 (hbk)

ISBN: 978–0–203–11426–1 (ebk)

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