Introduction: Video Games and American Ideology
Chapter 1: Approaches to Video Game Studies
Chapter 2: The Specious Link Surrounding Video Games and Violence
Chapter 3: The Video Game as Political Scapegoat: Anxieties, Contradictions, and Hyperbole
Chapter 4: Games of Conquest
Chapter 5: The Male Gaze in Gaming
Chapter 6: Video Games and the Neoliberal Hero
Conclusion: Video Game Studies and Culture

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Aaron A. Toscano is associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

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This cultural analysis of video games shows how video games reflect underlying American values and tastes. Aaron A. Toscano does not focus on children's video games, but he does carefully analyze the notion that the playing of video games causes children to behave in violent ways.

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