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Politics of play : wargaming with the US military / Aggie Hirst.

By: Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]Copyright date: ©2024Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780197629239
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.480973 23
Online resources: In the current century, games play a key role in many areas of our lives. Once thought frivolous and nerdy, videogames are now the leading global entertainment medium, and games are widely used in education, medicine, government - and war. Since 2014, the US government has directed the military to expand the use of wargames across their training, planning, and rehabilitation spheres. Combining original empirical data gathered at US military computer-assisted command post exercises (CPXs) and school-houses with a distinctive theory of immersive play, this title offers a new critical analysis of the use of wargaming to produce soldiers in the digital age.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the current century, games play a key role in many areas of our lives. Once thought frivolous and nerdy, videogames are now the leading global entertainment medium, and games are widely used in education, medicine, government - and war. Since 2014, the US government has directed the military to expand the use of wargames across their training, planning, and rehabilitation spheres. Combining original empirical data gathered at US military computer-assisted command post exercises (CPXs) and school-houses with a distinctive theory of immersive play, this title offers a new critical analysis of the use of wargaming to produce soldiers in the digital age.

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