Gaming cultures and place in Asia Pacific 1st Edition by Larissa Hjorth, Dean Chan ISBN 0415996279 978-0415996273

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ISBN 10: 0415996279 

ISBN 13: 978-0415996273

Author:  Larissa Hjorth, Dean Chan

This collection explores the relationship between digital gaming and its cultural context by focusing on the burgeoning Asia-Pacific region. Encompassing key locations for global gaming production and consumption such as Japan, China, and South Korea, as well as increasingly significant sites including Australia and Singapore, the region provides a wealth of divergent examples of the role of gaming as a socio-cultural phenomenon. Drawing from micro ethnographic studies of specific games and gaming locales to macro political economy analyses of techno-nationalisms and trans-cultural flows, this collection provides an interdisciplinary model for thinking through the politics of gaming production, r

Table of contents: 

1. Introduction
Larissa Hjorth & Dean Chan

Section 1: Industries
The Politics of Online Gaming

Florence Chee & Dal Yong Jin

The Gaming Industries of South Korea and Singapore: Cultural Policy and Globalisation

Peichi Chung

The Real Life of Chinese Gold Farmers: A Study of Real Money Traders in Virtual Game Worlds

Ge Jin

Section 2: Localities
Time Pilots: Yoshiki Okamoto and the Impact of Japanese Innovation on Early Videogames

Jason Jacobs & Jason Wilson

Domestication and Cultural Appropriation of Japanese Combat Games in Hong Kong

Benjamin Wai-Ming Ng

The Evolution of PC bang Culture in Korea

Jun-Sok Huhh

The Formation and Development of Online Games in Korea: A Field Theory Approach

Minseok Kwon

Section 3: New Rubrics
Game Art Practices, In-Game Protests, and Chinese Techno-Sociality

Dean Chan

Dreaming of a Trash Planet: The Dynamics of Decoration and Debris

David Surman

Games Without Frontiers: Nation, Sport and Videogaming on Television

Christian McCrea

Addressing Regional Cultural Heritage Maintenance using the Digital Songlines Game Engine

Brett Leavy, Theodor G Wyeld & Patrick Crogan

Section 4: Players, Playing and Virtual Communities
The History and Development of Lan Groups in Australia and New Zealand

Melanie Swalwell

Managing Risks in Online Game Worlds: Networking Strategies among Taiwanese Adolescent Players

Holin Lin & Chuen-Tsai Sun

The Other Games: Gender and Gaming in Korea

Bora Na, Jun-Sok Huhh & Larissa Hjorth

GameGirls and PlayStations: A Case Study of Japan’s Position in Gaming Cultures via Cosplayers in Melbourne

Larissa Hjorth

17. Conclusion

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