- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Africa
- Arab World
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Scandinavia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Contributors
- Index
United States of America
United States of America
- Chapter:
- (p.591) United States of America
- Source:
- Video Games Around the World
- Author(s):
Mark J. P. Wolf
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
This essay is a history of video games in the United States of America, and it contains a description of the American video game industry and how it has grown. The focus is mainly on how American history and culture shaped the video game as it was invented and as the industry grew, and what the character of American video games might be.
Keywords: video game history, history of the United States, video game industry, American popular culture, American video games
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- Title Pages
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Africa
- Arab World
- Argentina
- Australia
- Austria
- Brazil
- Canada
- China
- Colombia
- Czech Republic
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Mexico
- The Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Scandinavia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Spain
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States of America
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Contributors
- Index