{"product_id":"indie-games-in-the-digital-age-paperback-2","title":"Indie Games in the Digital Age - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. J. Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eCynthia Wang\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA host of digital affordances, including reduced cost production tools, open distribution platforms, and ubiquitous connectivity, have engendered the growth of indie games among makers and users, forcing critics to reconsider the question of who makes games and why. Taking seriously this new mode of cultural produciton compells analysts to reconsider the blurred boundaries and relations of makers, users and texts as well as their respective relationship to cultural power and hierarchy. The contributions to \u003ci\u003eIndie Games in the Digital Age\u003c\/i\u003e consider these questions and examine a series of firms, makers, games and scenes, ranging from giants like Nintendo and Microsoft to grassroots games like Cards Against Humanity and \u003ci\u003eStardew Valley\u003c\/i\u003e, to chart more precisely the productive and instructive disruption that this new site of cultural production offers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM.J. Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of TV Film and Media Studies at Cal State LA, USA. His research on popular culture and media industries has appeared in the journals \u003ci\u003eTelevision and New Media\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics\u003c\/i\u003e as well as the anthologies \u003ci\u003eSuperhero Synergies \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Comics of Charles Schulz.\u003c\/i\u003e His examination of network television at the end of the 20th Century, \u003ci\u003eTransmedia Television\u003c\/i\u003e, is available from Bloomsbury. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCynthia Wang\u003c\/b\u003e is an assistant professor of Communication Studies at Cal State LA, USA. Her research takes a critical cultural perspective on how digital media and the Internet reconfigures social relations, cultural practices, and power dynamics. She has published in \u003ci\u003eSocial Media + Society, Time \u0026amp; Society\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eJournalism Studies \u003c\/i\u003eamong others.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47439096774877,"sku":"9781501388545","price":83.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0811\/9867\/8237\/files\/RmlKcnNqd25GVHMrTnJRMWpMMHAxQT09_737d49fc-d5fc-41ff-9bcb-558afe05ce25.webp?v=1771428071","url":"https:\/\/handfulofbooks.com\/products\/indie-games-in-the-digital-age-paperback-2","provider":"Handful of Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}