Video Game Policy: Production, Distribution, and Consumption

ISBN-13: 9780815396376 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 288 str.

Steven Conway; Jennifer Dewinter

Opis

This book analyzes the effect of policy on the digital game complex: government, industry, corporations, distributors, players, and the like.

Spis treści

Introduction Steven Conway & Jennifer deWinter  Section I: Intellectual Property, Privacy, and Copyright  1. Laws of the Game: Intellectual Property in the Video Game Industry Mark Methenitis  2. Digital Locks, Labor, and Play in Canada’s Copyright Policy: Filtering Power through Configurations of Game Development Owen Livermore  3. The Princess Doesn’t Leave the Castle: How Nintendo's WiiWare Imprisons Indie Game Design Theo Plothe  4. Policies, Terms of Service, and Social Networking Games Stephanie Vie  Section II: Rating Systems and Cultural Politics  5. E(SRB) Is for Everyone: Game Ratings and the Practice of Content Evaluation  Judd Ethan Ruggill and Ken S. McAllister  6. Games for Grown-Ups?: An Historical Account of the Australian Classification System Steven Conway and Laura M. Crawford  7. Rockstar versus Australia Mark Finn  8. Play Britannia: The Development of U.K. Video Game Policy Ren Reynolds  Section III: Violence in Video Games  9. Re-conceptualizing Game Violence: Who Is Being Protected and from What? Gareth Schott and Frans Mäyrä  10. Playing Around with Causes of Violent Crime: Violent Video Games as a Diversion from the Policy Challenges Involved in Understanding and Reducing Violent Crime James D. Ivory and Adrienne Holz Ivory  11. Banning Violent Video Games in Switzerland: A Public Problem Going Unnoticed Michael Perret  12. Toxic Gamer Culture, Corporate Regulation, and Standards of Behavior among Players of Online Games Thorsten Busch, Kelly Boudreau, and Mia Consalvo  Section IV: Politics and Regulations  13. The Right to Play in the Digital Era Tom Apperley  14. Against the Arcade: Video Gaming Regulation and the Legacy of Pinball Carly A. Kocurek  15. Curt Schilling’s Gold Coins: Lessons for Creative Industry Policy in Light of the 38 Studios Collapse Randy Nichols  16. The Ban on Gaming Consoles in China: Protecting National Culture, Morals, and Industry within an International Regulatory Framework Bjarke Liboriussen, Andrew White, and Dan Wang  17. Regulating Rape: The Case of RapeLay, Domestic Markets, International Outrage, and Cultural Imperialism Jennifer deWinter  Afterword Ashley S. Lipson