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Joystick soldiers : the politics of play in military video games

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A collection of essays that look at the relationship between militarism and video games.

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Title

Joystick soldiers : the politics of play in military video games

Call No

GV1469.3

Authors

Huntemann, Nina
Payne, Matthew Thomas

Subjects

Video games.
Video games--Political aspects.
War games.
Video games.
Video games--Political aspects.
War games.
Computer games.

Language

English

Published

New York : Routledge, 2010.

Publication Desc

xvi, 308 p. : ill. ;

ISBN

9780415996594 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009008747

Dimensions

23 cm.

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A collection of essays that look at the relationship between militarism and video games.

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Introduction /Nina B. Huntemann and Matthew Thomas Payne -- Part I : Historicizing the joystick Soldier : Living room wars : remediation, boardgames, and the early history of video wargaming / Sebastian Deterding -- Target acquired : America?s Army and the video games industry / Randy Nichols -- Traning recruits and conditioning youth : the soft power of military games / David B. Nieborg -- Interview with James F. Dunnigan / Nina B. Huntemann and Matthew Thomas Payne -- Part II : Representing war -- Behind the barrel : reading the video game gun / Scott A. Lukas -- Wargames as a new frontier : securing American Empire in virtual space / C. Richard King and David J. Leonard -- Future combat, combating futures : temporalities of war video games and the performance of proleptic histories / Josh Smicker -- Interview with Rachel Hardwick / Matthew Thomas Payne -- Part III : Producing a pedagogical war : Mobilizing affect : the politics of performative realism in military new media / Dan Leopard -- Battle in every classroom : gaming and the U.S. Army Command & General Staff College / Jeffrey Leser and James Sterrett -- Battle for the hearts and minds : the design politics of ELECT BiLAT / Elizabeth Losh -- Interview with Colonel Casey Wardynski / Nina . Huntemann -- Part IV : Playing war : ?No better way to ?experience? World War II? : authenticity and ideology in the Call of Duty and Medal of Honor player communities / Joel Penney -- ?F*ck you, noob tube!? : learning the art of Ludic LAN war / Matthew Thomas Payne -- Playing with fear : catharsis and resistance in Military-themed video games / Nina B. Huntemann  -- Part V : Resisting war : Playing against the grain : machinima and Military gaming / Irene Chien -- ?Turn the game console off right now!? : war, subjectivity, and control in Metal Gear Solid 2 /rTanner Higgin -- Dead-in-Iraq : the spatial politics of digital game art activism and the in-game-protest / Dean Chan -- Gameography.