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Randy Nichols, “The Video Game Business” (British Film Institute, 2014)
Randy Nichols, “The Video Game Business” (British Film Institute, 2014)
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51 minutes
Released:
Aug 16, 2015
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Podcast episode
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Video games have become an important cultural and economic force in our media environment. In his new book, The Video Game Business (British Film Institute, 2014), scholar Randy Nichols provides an overview of the increasingly diverse global market for video games. Nichols locates the origins of the video game industry back to the dawn of the computer age in the 1960s. He then explores the emergence of an industry around video games, noting the interdependence of hardware and software across a number of key “epochs”: from consoles to computer gaming to the explosion of mobile gaming. Throughout the book, Nichols explores key moments of transition in video games by providing institutional profiles of key industrial players in the industry. His critical analysis of power in the video game industry also explores the role of labor and audiences.
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Released:
Aug 16, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode
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