Playing American Open-World Videogames and the Reproduction of American Culture
Tracing a practice called "playing American" through the stages of videogame development, gameplay, and reception, this book delineates how aspects of American culture are reproduced transnationally through popular open-world videogames. Case studies of the Grand Theft Auto, Watch Dogs, an...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2023
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| Series: | Video Games and the Humanities
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| Collection: | OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Tracing a practice called "playing American" through the stages of videogame development, gameplay, and reception, this book delineates how aspects of American culture are reproduced transnationally through popular open-world videogames. Case studies of the Grand Theft Auto, Watch Dogs, and Red Dead Redemption franchises highlight different figurations of this phenomenon. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| Physical Description: | 229 p. |
| ISBN: | 9783111317984 9783111317755 9783111244846 |