There is little question of the social, cultural and economic importance of video games in the
world today, with gaming now rivalling the movie and music sectors as a major leisure …

The Handbook of Local and Regional Development provides a comprehensive statement
and reference point for local and regional development. The scope of this Handbook's …

Scholars have extensively studied video game labor practices (eg, Bulut, E.(2015). Glamor
above, precarity below: Immaterial labor in the video game industry. Critical Studies in …

The video game industry's labor practices have become an increasingly common topic of
discussion throughout game studies and the gaming community, especially when it comes …

This article reports on a study with 11 bit studios and their game, This War of Mine. Rather
than a formal analysis of the game, our objective was to situate the research in game …

Globalization and technical change have had a significant impact on work in the cultural
industries. Online games are services that are networked, operate around the clock and …

This dissertation examines the emergence of everyday gamemakers and their roles in
transforming the cultural norms and practices of the global video game industry. Everyday …

'Crunch'–a period of unpaid overtime meant to speed up lagging projects–is a common
labor practice in the video game industry and persists despite many costs to developers. To …

This article introduces a special issue critically investigating contemporary formations of
digital game labor, with a focus on the political-economic forces, social inequalities, and …

Videogames and Agency explores the trend in videogames and their marketing to offer a
player higher volumes, or even more distinct kinds, of player freedom. The book offers a new …