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Traces the development of video gaming from its origins in hacker circles to its status as a $20 billion global cultural industry. This book intends to debunk cyber-guru optimism about globally networked digital communications by analysing the management practices of the corporations that designed and marketed video games to youthful audiences.

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"The authors are to be commended for undertaking this major history of the video game in our contemporary global economy. I am impressed with their research, and the arguments are convincingly developed using careful textual analysis and powerful graphic illustrations". Timothy W. Luke, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University /// "A useful and timely intervention into debates surrounding new technologies and emerging forms of economic and social configurations and cultural practices." Kevin Dowler, Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture, York University

Digital Play The Interaction of Technology

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    A Paperback by Stephen Kline, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Greig de Peuter

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
      Publication Date: 5/26/2003 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780773525917, 978-0773525917
      ISBN10: 0773525912

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      Book Synopsis
      Traces the development of video gaming from its origins in hacker circles to its status as a $20 billion global cultural industry. This book intends to debunk cyber-guru optimism about globally networked digital communications by analysing the management practices of the corporations that designed and marketed video games to youthful audiences.

      Trade Review
      "The authors are to be commended for undertaking this major history of the video game in our contemporary global economy. I am impressed with their research, and the arguments are convincingly developed using careful textual analysis and powerful graphic illustrations". Timothy W. Luke, Department of Political Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University /// "A useful and timely intervention into debates surrounding new technologies and emerging forms of economic and social configurations and cultural practices." Kevin Dowler, Graduate Programme in Communication and Culture, York University

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