Joystick Soldiers: The Politics of Play in Military Video Games
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Joystick Soldiers is the first anthology to examine the reciprocal relationship between militarism and video games. War has been an integral theme of the games industry since the invention of the first video game, Spacewar! in 1962.While war video games began as entertainment, military organizations soon saw their potential as combat simulation and recruitment tools. A profitable and popular relationship was established between the video game industry and the military, and continues today with video game franchises like America’s Army, which was developed by the U.S.Army as a public relations and recruitment tool.
This collection features all new essays that explore how modern warfare has been represented in and influenced by video games. The contributors explore the history and political economy of video games and the “military-entertainment complex;” present textual analyses of military-themed video games such as Metal Gear Solid; and offer reception studies of gamers, fandom, and political activism within online gaming.
ASIN : B002NXOQT8
Publisher : Routledge; 1st edition (September 10, 2009)
Publication date : September 10, 2009
Language : English
File size : 2851 KB
Simultaneous device usage : Up to 4 simultaneous devices, per publisher limits
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 326 pages
Page numbers source ISBN : 0415996597
derekaburrill –
Joystick Soldiers
This collection is unfortunately a bit thin. Some of the articles are very smart and useful, but many are undertheorized and a bit simplistic. For the topic, this is a good start, but is most likely of more use to students at the undergraduate level, rather than graduate students or academics.
D VINE –
This was a present for my son who is studying a degree in game design and development and he really likes it and its relevant to his learning.