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How to Play Video Games

How to Play Video Games in Franklin, TN

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How to Play Video Games

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How to Play Video Games in Franklin, TN

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Forty original contributions on games and gaming culture
What does
Pokémon Go
tell us about globalization? What does Tetris teach us about rules? Is feminism boosted or bashed by
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
? How does
BioShock
Infinite help us navigate world-building?
From arcades to Atari, and phone apps to virtual reality headsets, video games have been at the epicenter of our ever-evolving technological reality. Unlike other media technologies, video games demand engagement like no other, which begs the question—what is the role that video games play in our lives, from our homes, to our phones, and on global culture writ large?
How to Play Video Games
brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on video game culture, writing about the games they know best and what they mean in broader social and cultural contexts. Read about avatars in
Grand Theft Auto V
, or music in
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
. See how
Age of Empires
taught a generation about postcolonialism, and how
Borderlands
exposes the seedy underbelly of capitalism. These essays suggest that understanding video games in a critical context provides a new way to engage in contemporary culture. They are a must read for fans and students of the medium.
Forty original contributions on games and gaming culture
What does
Pokémon Go
tell us about globalization? What does Tetris teach us about rules? Is feminism boosted or bashed by
Kim Kardashian: Hollywood
? How does
BioShock
Infinite help us navigate world-building?
From arcades to Atari, and phone apps to virtual reality headsets, video games have been at the epicenter of our ever-evolving technological reality. Unlike other media technologies, video games demand engagement like no other, which begs the question—what is the role that video games play in our lives, from our homes, to our phones, and on global culture writ large?
How to Play Video Games
brings together forty original essays from today’s leading scholars on video game culture, writing about the games they know best and what they mean in broader social and cultural contexts. Read about avatars in
Grand Theft Auto V
, or music in
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
. See how
Age of Empires
taught a generation about postcolonialism, and how
Borderlands
exposes the seedy underbelly of capitalism. These essays suggest that understanding video games in a critical context provides a new way to engage in contemporary culture. They are a must read for fans and students of the medium.

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