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Gamer nation : video games and American culture

John Wills (Author)
"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
eBook, English, 2019
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2019
1 online resource (viii, 286 pages)
9781421428697, 1421428695
1088892215
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