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Autore: | Kocurek Carly A. |
Titolo: | Coin-operated Americans : rebooting boyhood at the video game arcade / / Carly A. Kocurek |
Pubblicazione: | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
©2015 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (274 p.) |
Disciplina: | 794.8 |
Soggetto topico: | Video games - United States - History |
Video games - Social aspects - United States | |
Coin-operated machines - United States - History | |
Boys - United States | |
Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. THE MICROCOSMIC ARCADE: Playing at the Cultural Vanguard; 2. GAMING'S GOLD MEDALISTS: Twin Galaxies and the Rush to Competitive Gaming; 3. ADAPTING VIOLENCE: Death Race and the History of Gaming Moral Panic; 4. ANARCHY IN THE ARCADE: Regulating Coin-Op Video Games; 5. PLAY SAVES THE DAY: TRON, WarGames, and the Gamer as Protagonist; 6. THE ARCADE IS DEAD, LONG LIVE THE ARCADE: Nostalgia in an Era of Ubiquitous Computing; 7. THE FUTURE IS NOW: Changes in Gaming Culture; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P |
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Titolo autorizzato: | Coin-operated Americans |
ISBN: | 1-4529-4520-9 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910460591103321 |
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