The Culture of Digital Fighting Games

Download or read book The Culture of Digital Fighting Games written by Todd Harper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the complex network of influences that collide in the culture of digital fighting games, looking at everything from the influence of arcade spaces, to the place of gender and ethnicity in the community, to the clash of philosophies over how these games should be played in the first place. In the process, it establishes the role of technology, gameplay, and community in how these players define both themselves and the games that they play.