Rethinking military gaming: America's army and its critics

Games and Culture

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 59-76

  Schulzke, Marcus ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

America's Army; military entertainment; military games; propaganda; video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876531606     PISSN: 15554120     EISSN: 15554139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1555412013478686     Document Type: Article

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