Description: Arguing that representation and identity function as systems in games that share a stronger connection to code and platforms than it may first appear, the contributors to this volume push gaming scholarship to new levels of inquiry, theorizing, and imagination.
Review Quotes:
"...an important contribution to scholarship in the field of game studies."--Mia Consalvo, author of Players and their Pets: Gaming Communities from Beta to Sunset
"...a new benchmark for the critical engagement of race, gender and sexuality in the study of video games and virtual representation."--Alan Brookey, editor of Playing to Win: Sports, Video Games, and the Culture of Play