Playing At War
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Playing War
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Author : Kathy Beckwith
language : en
Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing
Release Date : 2020-11-03
Playing War written by Kathy Beckwith and has been published by Tilbury House Publishers and Cadent Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-03 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Skipping Stones Honor Award One summer day, Luke and his friends decide to play their favorite game of war, using sticks for guns and pine cones for bombs. But Sameer, who is new to their neighborhood, doesn’t want to join in. When the kids learn that Sameer lost his family in a real war, they realize that war is not a game. The gracefulness of their response and the power of friendship are the real stories here.
Playing War
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Author : Matthew Thomas Payne
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2016-04-05
Playing War written by Matthew Thomas Payne and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with Games & Activities categories.
Explores the culture that made military shooter video games popular, and key in understanding the War on Terror No video game genre has been more popular or more lucrative in recent years than the “military shooter.” Franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and those bearing Tom Clancy’s name turn over billions of dollars annually by promising to immerse players in historic and near-future battles, converting the reality of contemporary conflicts into playable, experiences. In the aftermath of 9/11, these games transformed a national crisis into fantastic and profitable adventures, where seemingly powerless spectators became solutions to these virtual Wars on Terror. Playing War provides a cultural framework for understanding the popularity of military-themed video games and their significance in the ongoing War on Terror. Matthew Payne examines post-9/11 shooter-style game design as well as gaming strategies to expose how these practices perpetuate and challenge reigning political beliefs about America’s military prowess and combat policies. Far from offering simplistic escapist pleasures, these post-9/11 shooters draw on a range of nationalist mythologies, positioning the player as the virtual hero at every level. Through close readings of key games, analyses of marketing materials, and participant observations of the war gaming community, Playing War examines an industry mobilizing anxieties about terrorism and invasion to craft immersive titles that transform international strife into interactive fun.
Playing War
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Author : Sabine Frühstück
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-07-18
Playing War written by Sabine Frühstück and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-18 with History categories.
In Playing War, Sabine Frühstück makes a bold proposition: that for over a century throughout Japan and beyond, children and concepts of childhood have been appropriated as tools for decidedly unchildlike purposes: to validate, moralize, humanize, and naturalize war, and to sentimentalize peace. She argues that modern conceptions of war insist on and exploit a specific and static notion of the child: that the child, though the embodiment of vulnerability and innocence, nonetheless possesses an inherent will to war, and that this seemingly contradictory creature demonstrates what it means to be human. In examining the intersection of children/childhood with war/military, Frühstück identifies the insidious factors perpetuating this alliance, thus rethinking the very foundations of modern militarism. She interrogates how essentialist notions of both childhood and war have been productively intertwined; how assumptions about childhood and war have converged; and how children and childhood have worked as symbolic constructions and powerful rhetorical tools, particularly in the decades between the nation- and empire-building efforts of the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries up to the uneven manifestations of globalization at the beginning of the twenty-first.
War Play
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Author : Corey Mead
language : en
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Release Date : 2013
War Play written by Corey Mead and has been published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Computers categories.
An expert on military innovation reveals how video games are revolutionizing warfare from the battlefield to the highest echelons of the Pentagon.
Playing War
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Author : Matthew Thomas Payne
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2016-04-05
Playing War written by Matthew Thomas Payne and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-05 with Games & Activities categories.
Explores the culture that made military shooter video games popular, and key in understanding the War on Terror No video game genre has been more popular or more lucrative in recent years than the “military shooter.” Franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and those bearing Tom Clancy’s name turn over billions of dollars annually by promising to immerse players in historic and near-future battles, converting the reality of contemporary conflicts into playable, experiences. In the aftermath of 9/11, these games transformed a national crisis into fantastic and profitable adventures, where seemingly powerless spectators became solutions to these virtual Wars on Terror. Playing War provides a cultural framework for understanding the popularity of military-themed video games and their significance in the ongoing War on Terror. Matthew Payne examines post-9/11 shooter-style game design as well as gaming strategies to expose how these practices perpetuate and challenge reigning political beliefs about America’s military prowess and combat policies. Far from offering simplistic escapist pleasures, these post-9/11 shooters draw on a range of nationalist mythologies, positioning the player as the virtual hero at every level. Through close readings of key games, analyses of marketing materials, and participant observations of the war gaming community, Playing War examines an industry mobilizing anxieties about terrorism and invasion to craft immersive titles that transform international strife into interactive fun.
Playing War
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Author : John M. Lillard
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2016-04-01
Playing War written by John M. Lillard and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-01 with History categories.
Between the First and Second World Wars, the U.S. Navy used the experience it had gained in battle to prepare for future wars through simulated conflicts, or war games, at the Naval War College. In Playing War John M. Lillard analyzes individual war games in detail, showing how players tested new tactics and doctrines, experimented with advanced technology, and transformed their approaches through these war games, learning lessons that would prepare them to make critical decisions in the years to come. Recent histories of the interwar period explore how the U.S. Navy digested the impact of World War I and prepared itself for World War II. However, most of these works overlook or dismiss the transformational quality of the War College war games and the central role they played in preparing the navy for war. To address that gap, Playing War details how the interwar navy projected itself into the future through simulated conflicts. Playing War recasts the reputation of the interwar War College as an agent of preparation and innovation and the war games as the instruments of that agency.
Playing War
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Author : Sabine Frühstück
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2017-07-18
Playing War written by Sabine Frühstück and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-18 with History categories.
Playing War: Field games. Paper battles -- Picturing war: The moral authority of innocence. Queering war -- Epilogue: the rule of babies in pink
War Games
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Author : Thomas B. Allen
language : en
Publisher: Berkley
Release Date : 1989
War Games written by Thomas B. Allen and has been published by Berkley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Fiction categories.
Startling and disturbing, this is an up-to-date look at today's high-tech rehearsals for war. Political scenarios, military strategies and frightening, true-to-life maneuvers--all the games played by today's leaders are here, based on information gained through the Freedom of Information Act.
War Plays
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Author : Christine Evans
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013
War Plays written by Christine Evans and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Fiction categories.
WAR PLAYS by Christine Evans collects for the first time three of this US-based, UK-Australian playwright's remarkable plays about war and aftermath: Trojan Barbie, Mothergun and Slow Falling Bird. With an introduction by esteemed filmmaker Peter Davis, this collection is a terrific introduction to Evans' astute theatrical voice.
The War Play Dilemma
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Author : Diane E. Levin
language : en
Publisher: Teachers College Press
Release Date : 2006
The War Play Dilemma written by Diane E. Levin and has been published by Teachers College Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with Education categories.
As violence in the media and media-linked toys increases, parents and teachers are also seeing an increase in children's war play. The authors have revised this popular text to provide more practical guidance for working with children to promote creative play, and for positively influencing the lessons about violence children are learning. Using a developmental and sociopolitical viewpoint, the authors examine five possible strategies for resolving the war play dilemma and show which best satisfy both points of view: banning war play; taking a laissez-faire approach; allowing war play with specified limits; actively facilitating war play; and limiting war play while providing alternative ways to work on the issues. New for the Second Edition are: more anecdotal material about adults'' and children's experiences with war play, including examples from both home and school settings; greater emphasis on the impact of media and commercialization on children's war play, including recent trends in media, programming, marketing, and war toys; expanded discussion about the importance of the distinction between imitative and creative war play; and summary boxes of key points directed at teachers or parents. * New information about violent video games, media cross feeding, and gender development and sex-role stereotyping.