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Coin-Operated Americans : Rebooting Boyhood at the Video Game Arcade.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (274 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781452945200
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Coin-Operated AmericansDDC classification:
  • 794.8
LOC classification:
  • GV1469.3 -- .K638 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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 -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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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 -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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