While the assessment of digital games in Germany is framed by a
high-culture critique, which regards them as an ‘illegitimate’
activity, they are enjoyed by a wider demographic as a
‘legitimate’ pastime in Australia. The book analyses the social
history of digital gaming in both countries and relates it to their
socio-cultural traditions. Concerning social history, Australia
almost depicts an inverse mirror image of Germany. Its foundational
dynamics, closely associated with different egalitarianisms, led to
a different form of distinction than in Germany – a country whose
national self-conception was closely related to groups which
perpetuated an idealistic notion of Kultur and later integrated it
into a rigid class system. The book not only demonstrates how the
discourses on games follow long-established patterns of rejection
and approval of mass media but also regard them as an access to the
inner workings of both societies. How the games are perceived tells
us a lot about German and Australian identity.
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