Gaming Cultures and Place in Asia-Pacific

ISBN-13: 9780415996273 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 314 str.

Hjorth Larissa

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This collection explores the politics of game play and cultural context by focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. It draws from micro ethnographic studies to macro political economy analysis of techno-nationalisms and transcultural flows of cultural capital.

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List of Figures.  List of Tables.  Acknowledgments  1. Locating the Game: Gaming Cultures in/and the Asia-Pacific Region Larissa Hjorth and Dean Chan  Section 1: Industries  2. The Politics of Online Gaming Florence Chee and Dal Yong Jin  3. Gaming Nation: The Australian Game Development Industry Sam Hinton  4. The Dynamics of New Media Globalization in Asia: A Comparative Study of the Online Gaming Industries in South Korea and Singapore Peichi Chung  Section 2: Localities  5. Consuming and Localizing Japanese Combat Games in Hong Kong Benjamin Wai-Ming Ng  6. The "Bang" where Korean Online Gaming Began: The Culture and Business of the PC bang in Korea Jun-Sok Huhh  7. Lan Gaming Groups: Snapshots from an Australasian Case Study, 1999-2008 Melanie Swalwell  Section 3: Genres and New Rubrics  8. Beyond the "Great Firewall": The Case of In-game Protests in China Dean Chan  9. Pokemon 151: Complicating kawaii David Surman  10. Watching StarCraft, Strategy and South Korea Christian McCrea  11. The Re-presentation of Country as Virtual Artefact in Australian Aboriginal Cultural Heritage using a Game Engine Theodor G. Wyeld, Brett Leavy and Patrick Crogan  12. Sticky Games and Hybrid Worlds: A Post-phenomenology of Mobile Phones, Mobile Gaming and the iPhone Ingrid Richardson  Section 4: Players, Playing, and Virtual Communities  13. Managing Risks in Online Game Worlds: Networking Strategies Among Taiwanese Adolescent Players Holin Lin & Chuen-Tsai Sun  14. Games of Gender: A Case Study on Females who Play Games in Seoul, South Korea Larissa Hjorth, Bora Na and Jun-Sok Huhh  15. Playing the Gender Game: The Performance of Japan, Gender and Gaming via Melbourne Female Cosplayers Larissa Hjorth.  Contributors.  Index