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Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play - Digital Game Studies
Thomas P Oates
Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play - Digital Game Studies
Thomas P Oates
In this era of big media franchises, sports branding has crossed platforms, so that the sport, its television broadcast, and its replication in an electronic game are packaged and promoted as part of the same fan experience. This book explores the points of convergence at which gaming and sports culture merge.
264 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | January 12, 2015 |
ISBN13 | 9780253015020 |
Publishers | Indiana University Press |
Pages | 252 |
Dimensions | 153 × 231 × 18 mm · 362 g |
Editor | Brookey, Robert Alan |
Editor | Oates, Thomas P. |
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