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Raising the stakes : e-sports and the professionalization of computer gaming / T. L. Taylor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, T. L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Video games--Social aspects.
- Video games.
- Computer games--Social aspects.
- Sports--Sociological aspects--Case studies.
- Sports.
- Sports--Psychological aspects.
- Internet games.
- Competition (Psychology).
- Sports--Computer network resources.
- Sports--Sociological aspects.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 323 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- 1 Playing for Keeps 1
- 2 Computer Games as Professional Sport 35
- 3 Professionalizing Players 85
- 4 Growing an Industry 135
- 5 Spectatorship and Fandom 181
- 6 Conclusion 239.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780262017374
- 0262017377
- OCLC:
- 756837013
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