- Preface: Comic by Jackie Winston
- Induction: The Military–Entertainment Complex and the Contemporary War Imaginary
- 1. From Battlezone to America’s Army: The Defense Department and the Game Industry
- 2. Creating Repeat Consumers: Epic Realism and the Birth of the Wargame Franchise
- Windows
- 2.1. The Ludic Affordances of Special Forces
- 2.2. Franchise Game Business Models
- 2.3. The RMA in Contemporary Wargaming
- Windows
- 3. Coming to a Screen Near You: The RMA and Affective Entertainment
- 4. Press X to Hack: Cyberwar and Videogames
- Windows
- 4.1. The Narrative Affordances of Hackers and Cyberwarfare
- Windows
- Discharge: Counter-Wargaming in Spec Ops: The Line
- Endnotes
- Linkography
- Acknowledgments
- Credits
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The Military-Entertainment Complex
Product Details
PAPERBACK
$28.00 • £24.95 • €25.95
ISBN 9780674724983
Publication Date: 02/19/2018
272 pages
5-1/2 x 8-1/4 inches
71 color illustrations, 6 halftones, 2 line illustrations
World