Video Game Policy: Production, Distribution, and Consumption - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0815396376 ISBN 13: 9780815396376

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2017

Riassunto

This book analyzes the effect of policy on the digital game complex: government, industry, corporations, distributors, players, and the like. Contributors argue that digital games are not created nor consumed outside of the complex power relationships that dictate the full production and distribution cycles, and that we need to consider those relationships in order to effectively "read" and analyze digital games. Through examining a selection of policies, e.g. the Australian government’s refusal (until recently) to allow an R18 rating for digital games, Blizzard’s policy in regards to intellectual property, Electronic Arts’ corporate policy for downloadable content (DLC), they show how policy, that is to say the rules governing the production, distribution and consumption of digital games, has a tangible effect upon our understanding of the digital game medium.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Steven Conway is a convenor and lecturer in the area of Games & Interactivity at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

Jennifer deWinter is Associate Professor of Rhetoric and faculty in the Interactive Media and Game Design program at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0815396376
• ISBN 13: 9780815396376
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 300
• Redattore: Conway Steven
• Contatto del produttore: Taylor and Francis, GPSR Taylor and Francis; gpsr@taylorandfrancis.com; ; Taylor & Francis Verlag GmbH, Kaufingerstraße 24; München; 80331; Germania