Joystick Soldiers

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Joystick Soldiers: The Politics of Play in Military Video Games

Joystick Soldiers is the first anthology to examine the reciprocal relationship between militarism and video games. Get Joystick Soldiers computer books for free.
War has been an integral theme of the games industry since the invention of the first video game, Spacewar! in 1962.While war video games began as entertainment, military organizations soon saw their potential as combat simulation and recruitment tools. A profitable and popular relationship was established between the video game industry and the military, and continues today with video game franchises like America's Army, which was developed by the U.S.Army as a public relations and recruitment tool.
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War has been an integral theme of the games industry since the invention of the first video game, Spacewar! in 1962.While war video games began as entertainment, military organizations soon saw their potential as combat simulation and recruitment tools. A profitable and popular relationship was established between the video game industry and the military, and continues today with video game franchises like America's Army, which was developed by the U.S
This collection features all new essays that explore how modern warfare has been represented in and in

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