Gameplay Mode War, Simulation, and Technoculture |
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| Author:
| Crogan, Patrick |
| Series title: | Electronic Mediations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8166-5335-5 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2011 |
| Publisher: | University of Minnesota Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $28.00 |
Book Description:
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From flight simulators and first-person shooters to MMPOG and strategy games, computer games owe their development to computer simulation and imaging produced by and for the military during the Cold War. To understand their place in contemporary culture, Patrick Crogan argues, we must first understand the military logics that created and continue to inform them.
From flight simulators and first-person shooters to MMPOG and strategy games, computer games owe their development to computer simulation and imaging produced by and for the military during the Cold War. To understand their place in contemporary culture, Patrick Crogan argues, we must first understand the military logics that created and continue to inform them.