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Gaming Globally: Production, Play, and Place 2013th Edition
Author(s): N. Huntemann (Editor), B. Aslinger
- Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date: 28 Dec. 2012
- Edition: 2013th
- Language: English
- Print length: 290 pages
- ISBN-10: 1137006323
- ISBN-13: 9781137006325
Book Description
Video games are inherently transnational by virtue of industrial, textual, and player practices. The contributors touch upon nations not usually examined by game studies – including the former Czechoslovakia, Turkey, India, and Brazil – and also add new perspectives to the global hubs of China, Singapore, Australia, Japan, and the United States.
Editorial Reviews
Review
‘From the exploitation of cheap and anonymous female labor (Nina Huntemann), to the emergence of unpaid creators as ROM hackers and fan translators (Mia Consalvo) and the cultural work of game developers in the Middle East (Vit Sisler), contributions provide useful, if necessarily episodic, insights into the sometimes grim realities behind the fantasies of game playing. Well edited and properly documented, this collection provides useful insights for those who study the acts of video games on the globalized stage. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.’ – CHOICE
About the Author
Ben Aslinger is Assistant Professor of Media and Culture in the Department of English and Media Studies at Bentley University.
