"you don't play, you volunteer": Narrative public memory construction in medal of honor: Rising sun

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 339-356

  Hess, Aaron ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ludology; Public Memory; Video Games; World War II

Indexed keywords

EID: 36949027685     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07393180701567729     Document Type: Article

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