Games of empire : global capitalism and video games /
Nick Dyer-Witheford and Greig de Peuter.
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2009.
- xxxv, 298 p. ; 22 cm.
- Electronic mediations ; 29 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Game engine : labor, capital, machine -- Immaterial labor : a workers' history of videogaming -- Cognitive capitalism : electronic arts -- Machinic subjects : the XBOX and its rivals -- Gameplay : virtual/actual -- Banal war : full spectrum warrior -- Biopower play : world of warcraft -- Imperial city : grand theft auto -- New game? -- Games of multitude -- Exodus : the metaverse and the mines.