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Fun Inc.: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century

Fun Inc.: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century


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Against the popular image, too, 43% of online U.S. game players are female. The U.S. military alone now spends around $6 billion a year on virtual and simulated training programs, based around video games and virtual worlds. The budgets for developing the biggest games can now top the $100 million mark and are snapping up some of the biggest names in film from Stephen Spielberg to Peter Jackson. "

About the Author :
Tom Chatfield is Arts and Books editor at the highly prestigious Prospect magazine and also writes for the Times Literary Supplement, The Times, and The Observer in London. he has done puzzle design and creative consultancy for a number of online games companies.

Review :
Fun Inc. is the most elegant and comprehensive defence of the status of computer games in our culture I have read. The sheer pervasiveness of game experience 99 per cent of teenage boys and 94 per cent of teenage girls having played a video game means that instant naffness falls upon those who express a musty disdain for the medium. In fact, as Fun Inc. elegantly explains, computer game-playing has a very strong claim to be one of the most vital test-beds for intellectual enquiry. " A detailed and engaging analysis on an increasingly influential medium. Even non-gamers may find themselves seduced. In exploring the potential of the medium, Chatfield covers much territory, briskly and with intent ... His conclusion on what the future could hold is in equal parts daunting and lip-smacking. It should be read by gamers and non-gamers alike. Sparklingly intelligent and nuanced... fresh and engaging. A thought-provoking read for those already won over to the delights of computer games, and an even more important introduction to them for those who remain skeptical. A lively, thought-provoking and thoughtful read on an entertainment juggernaut many of us have failed to properly recognize. A good book, too, for parents, who might feel far more comfortably informed about a sector that can come across as literally an alien world their kids inhabit."


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  • ISBN-13: 9781605982090
  • Publisher: Pegasus Books
  • Publisher Imprint: Pegasus Books
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1605982091
  • Publisher Date: 15 Nov 2010
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Sub Title: Why Gaming Will Dominate the Twenty-First Century


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