Walkthrough: videogames and technocultural form - Seth Giddings

Play is a key term in this thesis. Play often occupies a significant discursive position in Cultural and
Media Studies and new media studies, yet it is rarely studied in its own right. Moreover, games as a distinct
cultural form are almost entirely absent from Cultural and Media Studies. In Part 1.4 the constitution of play
and games in these disciplines, and game studies, is surveyed.
Part 1 will conclude with a summary of the key points and questions that arise from this survey of
literature on everyday life, technology, identity and play, questions that will inform the subsequent inquiry.
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