While video games have blossomed into the foremost expression of contemporary popular culture over the past decades, their critical study occupies a fringe posi

While video games have blossomed into the foremost expression of contemporary popular culture over the past decades, their critical study occupies a fringe posi

American Studies has only gradually turned its attention to video games in the twenty-first century, even though the medium has grown into a cultural industry t

Today over half of all American households own a dedicated game console and gaming industry profits trump those of the film industry worldwide. In this book, So

American Studies has only gradually turned its attention to video games in the twenty-first century, even though the medium has grown into a cultural industry t