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Author Wills, John, 1971- author.

Title Gamer nation : video games and American culture / John Wills.

Publication Info. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 286 pages)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 6, 2019).
Summary "This book takes a cultural studies approach to analyzing video games for young players. It considers not only how games reflect myths in American culture but also how they propagate those myths through their design, imagery, and scenarios of violence"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Games and new frontiers -- Playing cowboys and Indians in the digital Wild West -- Cold War gaming -- 9/11 code -- Fighting the virtual War on Terror -- Grand theft Los Angeles -- Second life, second America -- Converging worlds.
Subject Video games and children -- United States.
Video games and teenagers -- United States.
Video games -- Social aspects -- United States.
Video games -- Design -- Psychological aspects.
Violence in video games.
GAMES -- Board.
Video games. (OCoLC)fst01166421
Video games -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01166440
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Other Form: Print version: Wills, John, 1971- Gamer nation. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019 1421428709 9781421428703 (OCoLC)1057752100
ISBN 9781421428697 (electronic book)
1421428695 (electronic book)
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