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Author Brookey, Robert Alan, 1959-

Title Hollywood gamers : digital convergence in the film and video game industries / Robert Alan Brookey.

Publication Info. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2010]
©2010

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Description 1 online resource (x, 174 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-162) and index.
Contents Playing together -- Playing the games, being the heroes -- Coppola sleeps with the fishes -- Marvel goes to the movies -- Disney saves the world(s) -- What shall we play next?
Summary For years, major film studios have licensed products related to their most popular films; video game spin-offs have become an important part of these licensing practices. Where blockbuster films are concerned, the video game release has become the rule rather than the exception. In Hollywood Gamers, Robert Alan Brookey explores the business conditions and technological developments that have facilitated the convergence of the film and video game industries. Brookey treats video games as rhetorical texts and critically examines several games to determine how specific industrial conditions are manifest in game design. Among the games (and films) discussed are Lord of the Rings, The Godfather, Spider-Man, and Iron Man.
Note Print version record.
Subject Motion pictures and video games.
Motion picture industry -- Technological innovations.
Video games industry -- Technological innovations.
Convergence (Telecommunication)
Industrial management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Park & Recreation Management.
Convergence (Telecommunication) (OCoLC)fst00877206
Motion picture industry -- Technological innovations. (OCoLC)fst01027191
Motion pictures and video games. (OCoLC)fst01750029
Other Form: Print version: Brookey, Robert Alan, 1959- Hollywood gamers. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2010 9780253355249 (DLC) 2010002058 (OCoLC)464581596
Standard No. 9786612818400
ISBN 9780253004673 (electronic bk.)
0253004675 (electronic bk.)
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