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Playing War : Military Video Games After 9/11 by Matthew Thomas Payne is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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<p><b>Explores the culture that made military shooter video games popular, and key in understanding the War on Terror</b><br><br>No video game genre has been more popular or more lucrative in recent years than the “military shooter.” Franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and those bearing Tom Clancy’s name turn over billions of dollars annually by promising to immerse players in historic and near-future battles, converting the reality of contemporary conflicts into playable, experiences.
Who reads Playing War : Military Video Games After 9/11?
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Matthew Thomas Payne
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Published
- 2016
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781479837182
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Law, Military
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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