Games of empire :
Dyer-Witheford, Nick, 1951-
Games of empire : global capitalism and video games / Nick Dyer-Witheford . - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009. - xxxv, 298 p. ; 22 cm. - Electronic mediations ; 29 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Game engine : labor, capital, machine -- Immaterial labor : a workers' history of videogaming -- Cognitive capitalism : electronic arts -- Machinic subjects : the XBOX and its rivals -- Gameplay : virtual/actual -- Banal war : full spectrum warrior -- Biopower play : world of warcraft -- Imperial city : grand theft auto -- New game? -- Games of multitude -- Exodus : the metaverse and the mines.
9780816666102 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816666119 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009029170
Video games--Social aspects.
Video games--Economic aspects.
Capitalism--Social aspects.
Imperialism--Social aspects.
GV1469.34.S52 D94 2009
794.8
Games of empire : global capitalism and video games / Nick Dyer-Witheford . - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009. - xxxv, 298 p. ; 22 cm. - Electronic mediations ; 29 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Game engine : labor, capital, machine -- Immaterial labor : a workers' history of videogaming -- Cognitive capitalism : electronic arts -- Machinic subjects : the XBOX and its rivals -- Gameplay : virtual/actual -- Banal war : full spectrum warrior -- Biopower play : world of warcraft -- Imperial city : grand theft auto -- New game? -- Games of multitude -- Exodus : the metaverse and the mines.
9780816666102 (hc : alk. paper) 9780816666119 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2009029170
Video games--Social aspects.
Video games--Economic aspects.
Capitalism--Social aspects.
Imperialism--Social aspects.
GV1469.34.S52 D94 2009
794.8