Gamer Nation: Video Games and American Culture

by John Wills

Book Overview

Explores how games actively influence the ways people interpret and relate to American life.

In 1975, design engineer Dave Nutting completed work on a new arcade machine. A version of Taito's Western Gun, a recent Japanese arcade machine, Nutting's Gun Fight depicted a classic showdown between gunfighters. Rich in Western folklore, the game seemed perfect for the American market; players easily adapted to the new technology,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1421428709
• ISBN13: 9781421428703
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"