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Video Game Culture

Collected by: Emporia State University Educational Account

Archived since: Jul, 2017

Description:

With a rich history dating back to the 1940 World's Fair in New York City and the development of the gaming console in the 1970s, video games have evolved immensely ever since the idea came to fruition and their creation. Since the creation of video games, this has created a new cultural dynamic within the world of video gaming. The development and evolution of gaming technologies have grown over the course of time and has created new ways for humans to interact. Through these technological advancements and professional organization’s influence, communities of gamers and online play have created new means of social interaction and the emergence of video game culture. This collection gives the user a glimpse of video game culture, which consists the emergence of its own unique “subculture,” comprised of language, behaviors, and social norms. This collection highlights how professional organizations and the industry have built communities of gamers and shaped video game culture. This collection showcases the evolution and history of gaming and how video game culture has grown and emerged. Through detailed information and interactive websites, this collection gives the user an overview of video game culture and current trends surrounding it.

Subject:   Computers & Technology Society & Culture Video games, Video games and Culture

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Title: ESA Annual Report

URL: http://www.theesa.com/about-esa/esa-annual-report/

Description: This website holds the annual reports from 2008 to 2016 for the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). The ESA oversees the ESRB (video game rating body) and organize E3, which is one of the most important gaming expos in the world. ESA describes their reports as follows: "ESA's annual report highlights key milestones and accomplishments that underscore entertainment software's growing influence on areas of daily life." Each annual report contains a summary of legislation (federal, state, and international) regarding the gaming industry and cover various other topics, such as educational gaming, piracy, games as art, major related charity events, E3, and the ESRB.

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Subject:   ESA, ESA and video gaming, ESA and annual report

Title: Video Game Culture

URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_culture

Description: This is the Wikipedia article giving the reader an overview of video game culture. It describes video gaming as a "new medium" that has generated a new "subculture." It describes how video game culture has emerged through the rise and evolution of video games through various mediums of playing capabilities.

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Subject:   Video games and culture

Title: The History of Gaming: An Evolving Community

URL: https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/31/the-history-of-gaming-an-evolving-community/

Description: This is a website describing the history and evolution of video games from its early days to the modern-era. It describes the future for video games.

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Subject:   Gaming History, Gaming Evolution

Title: The History of Gaming: An Evolving Community

URL: https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/31/the-history-of-gaming-an-evolving-community/

Description: Website describing the history and evolution of video games from its early days to the modern-era. It describes the future for video games.

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Subject:   Gaming History, Gaming Evolution

Title: 3 Trends on YouTube That Prove Gaming Culture Isn’t So Niche

URL: https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/advertising-channels/video/video-game-culture-youtube-trends/

Description: This website describes three current trends of gaming content being displayed on YouTube for video gamers to view. It describes how YouTube videos can be useful for video gamers to view and how YouTube is an important part of video game culture.

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Subject:   Video games and culture, YouTube and gaming trends

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