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Since tabletop fantasy role-playing games emerged in the 1970s, fantasy gaming has made a unique contribution to popular culture and perceptions of social reali
Video Games as Culture
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Pages: 198
Authors: Daniel Muriel
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-03-14 - Publisher: Routledge

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Video games are becoming culturally dominant. But what does their popularity say about our contemporary society? This book explores video game culture, but in d
Gaming as Culture
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Authors: J. Patrick Williams
Categories: Games & Activities
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"This book presents the most current research in fantasy games and examines the cultural and constructionist dimensions of fantasy gaming as a leisure activity.
The Formation of Gaming Culture
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Pages: 223
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-03-13 - Publisher: Springer

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This book analyses gaming magazines published in Britain in the 1980s to provide the first serious history of the bedroom coding culture that produced some of t
Gaming Culture(s) in India
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This volume critically analyzes the multiple lives of the "gamer" in India. It explores the "everyday" of the gaming life from the player’s perspective, not j