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Playback - A Genealogy of 1980s British Videogames (Hardcover)
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Playback - A Genealogy of 1980s British Videogames (Hardcover)
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Through interviews with developers, gamers, and journalists
examining the phenomena of bedroom coding, arcade gaming, and
format wars, mapped onto enquiry into the seminal genres of the
time including driving, shooting, and maze chase, Playback: A
Genealogy of 1980s British Videogames examines how 1980s Britain
has become the culture of work in the 21st century and considers
its meaning to contemporary society. This crucial and timely work
fills a lacuna for students and researchers of sociology, media,
and games studies and will be of interest to employees of the
videogames and media industries. Research into videogames have
never been greater, but exploration of their historic drivers is as
elided as the technology is influential, giving rise to a range of
questions. What were the social and economic conditions that gave
rise to a billion dollar industry? What were the motivations of the
early 'bedroom coders'? What are the legacies of the seminal
videogames of the 1980s and how do they inform the current social,
political and cultural landscape? With a focus on the
characteristics of the UK videogame industry in the 1980s, Wade
explores these questions from perspectives of consumption,
production and leisure, outlining the construction of a habitus
unique to this time.
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