TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ruffino,Paolo
TI  - Independent videogames: cultures, networks, techniques and politics 
T2  - Routledge advances in game studies
SN  - 9781000200997
AV  - HD9993.E452 
U1  - 338.477948 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
KW  - Video games industry
KW  - Video games
KW  - Design
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Case studies
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
KW  - bisacsh
N2  - Independent Videogames investigates the social and cultural implications of contemporary forms of independent video game development. Through a series of case studies and theoretical investigations, it evaluates the significance of such a multi-faceted phenomenon within video game and digital cultures. A diverse team of scholars highlight the specificities of independence within the industry and the culture of digital gaming through case studies and theoretical questions. The chapters focus on labor, gender, distribution models and technologies of production to map the current state of research on independent game development. The authors also identify how the boundaries of independence are becoming opaque in the contemporary game industry - often at the cost of the claims of autonomy, freedom and emancipation that underlie the indie scene. The book ultimately imagines new and better narratives for a less exploitative and more inclusive videogame industry. Systematically mapping the current directions of a phenomenon that is becoming increasingly difficult to define and limit, this book will be a crucial resource for scholars and students of game studies, media history, media industries and independent gaming
UR  - https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367336219
UR  - http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
ER  -